Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet | |
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| Member of Parliament forHorsham | |
| In office 1820–1826 | |
| Member of Parliament forSteyning | |
| In office 1812–1820 | |
| Member of Parliament forAldeburgh | |
| In office 1796–1812 | |
| Member of Parliament forClitheroe | |
| In office 1790–1796 | |
| Lord of the Treasury | |
| In office 1783–1789 | |
| Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | |
| In office 1782–? | |
| Member of Parliament forBuckinghamshire | |
| In office 1784–1790 | |
| Member of Parliament forWallingford | |
| In office 1768-1774 1780-1784 | |
| Member of Parliament forAylesbury | |
| In office 1774–1780 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1739-06-04)4 June 1739 Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 14 March 1826(1826-03-14) (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 aBritishTory politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father'sbaronetcy.
Baptised inBoarstall inBuckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son ofSir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha, daughter of Richard Carter, ofChilton, Buckinghamshire, Chief Justice of Glamorgan.[1][2] Aubrey was educated atWestminster School and atChrist Church, Oxford, where he graduated as aDoctor of Civil Laws in 1763. Aubrey wasLord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1782 andLord of the Treasury from 1783 to 1789.
Between 1768 and 1774 and between 1780 and 1784, Aubrey wasMember of Parliament (MP) forWallingford. He was further MP forAylesbury from 1774 to 1780, forBuckinghamshire from 1784 to 1790 and forClitheroe from 1790 to 1796. Aubrey was also Member of Parliament forAldeburgh from 1796 to 1812, forSteyning from 1812 to 1820 and forHorsham from 1820 to 1826, eventually becoming theFather of the House as the longest-serving member. He died inDorton House in 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 Baronet and 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]
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