Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet
Portrait of Sir John Aubrey
Member of Parliament for Horsham
In office
1820–1826
Member of Parliament for Steyning
In office
1812–1820
Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
In office
1796–1812
Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
In office
1790–1796
Lord of the Treasury
In office
1783–1789
Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
In office
1782–?
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
In office
1784–1790
Member of Parliament for Wallingford
In office
1768-1774
1780-1784
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
In office
1774–1780
Personal details
Born(1739-06-04)4 June 1739
Buckinghamshire, England
Died14 March 1826(1826-03-14) (aged 86)
Buckinghamshire, England
Political partyTory
Spouse(s)Mary Colebroke (m. 1771)
Martha Catherine Carter
Children2
EducationChrist Church, Oxford

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet (4 June 1739 – 14 March 1826) was a British Tory politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.

Biography

Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha, daughter of Richard Carter, of Chilton, Buckinghamshire, Chief Justice of Glamorgan.[1][2] Aubrey was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated as a Doctor of Civil Laws in 1763. Aubrey was Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1782 and Lord of the Treasury from 1783 to 1789.

Between 1768 and 1774 and between 1780 and 1784, Aubrey was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallingford. He was further MP for Aylesbury from 1774 to 1780, for Buckinghamshire from 1784 to 1790 and for Clitheroe from 1790 to 1796. Aubrey was also Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh from 1796 to 1812, for Steyning from 1812 to 1820 and for Horsham from 1820 to 1826, eventually becoming the Father of the House as the longest-serving member. He died in Dorton House in Buckinghamshire and was buried in Boarstall. He was succeeded by his nephew Thomas Aubrey.

On 9 March 1771, he married firstly Mary Colebrooke, daughter of Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet and Mary Skynner, and on 26 May 1783 secondly his cousin[3] Martha Catherine (d. 1815), daughter of George Richard Carter, of Chilton, Buckinghamshire, and a descendant, through her mother, Julia (née Spilman), of the Willys baronets. By his first wife, he had a son, John (1771-1777), who died of accidental poisoning; he also had an illegitimate daughter, Mary, who married Samuel Whitcombe, of Hempstead Court, Gloucestershire.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, seventh edition, vol. I, ed. Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison & Sons, 1886, p. 57
  2. ^ The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, G. E. Cokayne, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983 (reprint), p. 95
  3. ^ Country Life, vol. 195, collected issues 23–25, 2001, p. 138
  4. ^ The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, G. E. Cokayne, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983 (reprint), p. 95
  5. ^ Our Parish Registers: Being Three Hundred Years of Curious Local History, as Collected from the Original Registers, Churchwardens' Accounts, and Monumental Records of the Parish of Waltham Holy Cross, vol. VIII, 1754–1778, ed. William Winters, 1885, p. 81
  6. ^ The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Containing the Antient and Present State of It, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Collected from Public Records, Both Manuscript and Printed: and Illustrated with Maps and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, &c, Edward Hasted, 1790, p. 11
  7. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, seventh edition, vol. I, ed. Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison & Sons, 1886, p. 57

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