Vaughan, HERBERT, Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster, was born at Gloucester on 15th April 1832, the eldest son of Lieut.-colonel Vaughan, of Courtfield, near Ross. Educated at Stonyhurst and on the Continent, he entered the priesthood, and in 1872 was consecrated Bishop of Salford, in 1892 succeeded Cardinal Manning as Archbishop of Westminster, himself shortly after being raised to the cardinalate. He is an eloquent preacher, the founder of St Joseph's College for foreign missions at Mill Hill, Hendon, and proprietor of the Tablet and the Dublin Review.
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