Hugh Nanney
Hugh Nanney (c. 1669 – 1701) of Nannau Hall, near Dolgellau, was a Welsh Member of Parliament and Vice-Admiral of North Wales.
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.
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.
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- ^ "NANNEY, Hugh (c.1669-1701), of Nannau Hall, Llanfachreth, Merion". History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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