Thom's Irish Who's Who/Hart, Lt.-Col. John George Vaughan

HART, Lt.-Col. John George Vaughan, D.L. Co. Donegal (1921). Educ.: Sedbergh and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined West India Regt, 1899; Capt., 1911. Employed as Assistant British Commissioner, Anglo-Liberian Boundary Delimitation Commission, 1912-1914; Major, 1915. Commandant for training of Jamaica War Contingent, 1915. Lt.-Col. Commanding 4th (Service) Batn. British West Indies Regt., March, 1916-May, 1919. Retired pay, 1920. Took part in Gambir Expedition, 1901 (African G. S. Medal and Clasp); seconded for service with Sierra Leone Batn. West African Frontier Force, and took part in Expedition against the Kissi Tribe (N.W. Liberia), 1905 (Clasp). Commanded 4/(5) British West Indies Regt. in Egypt, France and Italy, 1916-1919. Nominated (1921) High Sheriff, Co. Donegal; b. 30th May, 1879; eldest son of late W. E. Hart, M.A., J.P., of Kilderry, Co. Donegal; m., 1917, Kath. Georgina May, dau. of late Ven. Wm. Fitzroy Garstin, Archdeacon of Raphoe. Has pub. magazine articles on Fishing in Sierra Leone (1907), and The Horned Game of Sierra Leone (1910). Recns.: big game, hunting, and fishing. Res.: Kilderry, nr. Londonderry. Clubs: Junior Naval and Military, London; Northern Counties, Londonderry.