Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet
Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet
	Portrait of Sir John Aubrey
Member of ParliamentforHorsham
	In office; 1820–1826
Member of ParliamentforSteyning
	In office; 1812–1820
Member of ParliamentforAldeburgh
	In office; 1796–1812
Member of ParliamentforClitheroe
	In office; 1790–1796
Lord of the Treasury
	In office; 1783–1789
Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
	In office; 1782–?
Member of ParliamentforBuckinghamshire
	In office; 1784–1790
Member of ParliamentforWallingford
	In office; 1768-1774; 1780-1784
Member of ParliamentforAylesbury
	In office; 1774–1780
Personal details
Born	4 June 1739; Buckinghamshire,England
Died	14 March 1826(aged 86); Buckinghamshire,England
Political party	Tory
Spouse(s)	Mary Colebroke (m.1771); Martha Catherine Carter
Children	2
Education	Christ Church, Oxford

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet(4 June 1739 – 14 March 1826) was aBritish Torypolitician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father'sbaronetcy.

Biography[edit]

Baptised inBoarstallinBuckinghamshireon 2 July 1739, he was the son ofSir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronetand Martha, daughter of Richard Carter, ofChilton, Buckinghamshire,Chief Justice of Glamorgan.^[1]^[2]Aubrey was educated atWestminster Schooland atChrist Church, Oxford,where he graduated as aDoctor of Civil Lawsin 1763. Aubrey wasLord Commissioner of the Admiraltyin 1782 andLord of the Treasuryfrom 1783 to 1789.

Between 1768 and 1774 and between 1780 and 1784, Aubrey wasMember of Parliament(MP) forWallingford.He was further MP forAylesburyfrom 1774 to 1780, forBuckinghamshirefrom 1784 to 1790 and forClitheroefrom 1790 to 1796. Aubrey was also Member of Parliament forAldeburghfrom 1796 to 1812, forSteyningfrom 1812 to 1820 and forHorshamfrom 1820 to 1826, eventually becoming theFather of the Houseas the longest-serving member. He died inDorton Housein Buckinghamshire and was buried in Boarstall. He was succeeded by his nephewThomas Aubrey.

On 9 March 1771, he married firstly Mary Colebrooke, daughter ofSir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronetand Mary Skynner, and on 26 May 1783 secondly his cousin^[3]Martha Catherine (d. 1815), daughter of George Richard Carter, ofChilton, Buckinghamshire,and a descendant, through her mother, Julia (née Spilman), of theWillys 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[edit]

^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
^The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, G. E. Cokayne, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983 (reprint), p. 95
^Country Life, vol. 195, collected issues 23–25, 2001, p. 138
^The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, G. E. Cokayne, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983 (reprint), p. 95
^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
^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
^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

External links[edit]

Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Sir John Aubrey

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir George Pigot, Bt Sir John Gibbons, Bt	Member of ParliamentforWallingford 1768–1774 With:Robert Pigot1768–1772 John Cator1772–1774	Succeeded by John Cator Sir Robert Barker
Preceded by John Durand Anthony Bacon	Member of ParliamentforAylesbury 1774–1780 With:Anthony Bacon	Succeeded by Anthony Bacon Thomas Orde
Preceded by John Cator Sir Robert Barker, Bt	Member of ParliamentforWallingford 1780–1784 With:Chaloner Arcedeckne	Succeeded by Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Chaloner Arcedeckne
Preceded by Thomas Grenville The Earl Verney	Member of ParliamentforBuckinghamshire 1784–1790 With:William Grenville	Succeeded by William Grenville The Earl Verney
Preceded by Thomas Lister John Lee	Member of ParliamentforClitheroe 1790–1796 With:Penn Curzon1790–1792 Assheton Curzon1792–1794 Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor1794–1796	Succeeded by Lord Edward Bentinck Hon. Robert Curzon
Preceded by George Grey John Lee	Member of ParliamentforAldeburgh 1796–1801 With:Michael Angelo Taylor1796–1800 George Johnstone1800–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of ParliamentforAldeburgh 1801–1812 With:George Johnstone1801–1802 John McMahon1802–1812 Sandford Graham1812	Succeeded by Andrew Strahan James Blackwood
Preceded by James Martin Lloyd Robert Hurst	Member of ParliamentforSteyning 1812–1820 With:James Martin Lloyd1812–1818 George Philips1818–1820	Succeeded by George Richard Philips Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard
Preceded by George Richard Phillips Robert Hurst	Member of ParliamentforHorsham 1820–1826 With:Robert Hurst	Succeeded by Henry Edward Fox Robert Hurst
Preceded by Clement Tudway	Father of the House 1815–1826	Succeeded by Samuel Smith
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Thomas Aubrey	Baronet (of Llantrithead) 1786–1826	Succeeded by Thomas Aubrey

[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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