Hugh Nanney

Hugh Nanney
Hugh Nanney
Vice-Admiral of North Wales
	In office; 1697-1701
Preceded by	William Williams
Succeeded by	Richard Bulkeley
Member of Parliament for Merioneth
	In office; 1695-1701
Preceded by	John Wynn
Succeeded by	Richard Vaughan
Personal details
Born	c. 1669
Died	1701 (aged 31–32)
Spouse	Catherine Vaughan (m. 1690)
Children	4
Relatives	William Vaughan (son-in-law); Richard Vaughan (brother-in-law)
Education	Jesus College, Oxford

Hugh Nanney (c. 1669 – 1701) of Nannau Hall, near Dolgellau, was a Welsh Member of Parliament and Vice-Admiral of North Wales.

Biography[edit]

He was the 2nd son of Hugh Nanney of Nannau Hall and educated at Eton College and Jesus College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1687. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1687 to study law. He succeeded his elder brother to the family estate.

He was elected the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Merioneth in the Parliament of 1695.^[1]

He was appointed Vice-Admiral of North Wales to serve from 1697 to his death in 1701, and commanded the combined Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire Militia in 1697.^[2]

He had married in 1690, Catherine, the daughter of William Vaughan of Cors-y-Gedol, Merionethsire and the widow of Griffith Wynn. They had 4 daughters; his heiress Janet married Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, to which family Nannau passed.

References[edit]

^ "NANNEY, Hugh (c.1669-1701), of Nannau Hall, Llanfachreth, Merion". History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Hay, Sir George Jackson (1987). An epitomized history of the militia (the "Constitutional force"). Malpas: R. Westlake, Military Books. ISBN 0-9508530-7-0. OCLC 33085577. pp. 308–9.]

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[1] "NANNEY, Hugh (c.1669-1701), of Nannau Hall, Llanfachreth, Merion". History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[2] Hay, Sir George Jackson (1987). An epitomized history of the militia (the "Constitutional force"). Malpas: R. Westlake, Military Books. ISBN 0-9508530-7-0. OCLC 33085577. pp. 308–9.]

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