Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd Baronet[1] (29 March 1768 – 22 April 1843), was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 40 years from 1792 to 1836.

He lavishly rebuilt the Georgian home of Nannau, and designed the surrounding estate; he completed the job with the help from Joseph Bromfield, who created a pavilion wing and some internal features after a fire in 1808.

[3][5] All around the 10,164 acre estate and Llanfachreth village, 55 miles of walling was built, for such a task, he kept 18 horses and mules, with 9 men operating carts (carters).

[5] On the estate of Nannau were several famous things including one placed there by Sir Robert Vaughan, the 'Nannau bucket' a late Bronze Age urn discovered in nearby Arthog.

He left his estates at Nannau, Hengwrt, Meillionydd and Ystumcolwyn to his son, the 3rd and final of the Vaughan baronets, this was the last time they would be in the common ownership of one person.