Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

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.

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

Biography

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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

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  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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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wallingford
1768–1774
With: Robert Pigot 1768–1772
John Cator 1772–1774
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
1774–1780
With: Anthony Bacon
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wallingford
1780–1784
With: Chaloner Arcedeckne
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
1784–1790
With: William Grenville
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
1790–1796
With: Penn Curzon 1790–1792
Assheton Curzon 1792–1794
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor 1794–1796
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
1796–1801
With: Michael Angelo Taylor 1796–1800
George Johnstone 1800–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
1801–1812
With: George Johnstone 1801–1802
John McMahon 1802–1812
Sandford Graham 1812
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Steyning
18121820
With: James Martin Lloyd 1812–1818
George Philips 1818–1820
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Horsham
18201826
With: Robert Hurst
Succeeded by
Preceded by Father of the House
1815–1826
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Aubrey
Baronet
(of Llantrithead)
1786–1826
Succeeded by
Thomas Aubrey