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.

Portrait of Sir John Aubrey

Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. 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 on 26 May 1783 secondly Martha Catherine Carter, daughter of George Richard Carter. He had a son by his first wife and an illegitimate daughter.

References

"thePeerage". Retrieved 31 March 2007.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Aubrey

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir George Pigot, Bt Sir John Gibbons, Bt	Member of Parliament for Wallingford 1768–1774 With: Robert Pigot 1768–1772 John Cator 1772–1774	Succeeded by John Cator Sir Robert Barker
Preceded by John Durand Anthony Bacon	Member of Parliament for Aylesbury 1774–1780 With: Anthony Bacon	Succeeded by Anthony Bacon Thomas Orde
Preceded by John Cator Sir Robert Barker, Bt	Member of Parliament for Wallingford 1780–1784 With: Chaloner Arcedeckne	Succeeded by Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Chaloner Arcedeckne
Preceded by Thomas Grenville The Earl Verney	Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1784–1790 With: William Grenville	Succeeded by William Grenville The Earl Verney
Preceded by Thomas Lister John Lee	Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1790–1796 With: Penn Curzon 1790–1792 Assheton Curzon 1792–1794 Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor 1794–1796	Succeeded by Lord Edward Bentinck Hon. Robert Curzon
Preceded by George Grey John Lee	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 Andrew Strahan James Blackwood
Preceded by James Martin Lloyd Robert Hurst	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1812–1820 With: James Martin Lloyd 1812–1818 George Philips 1818–1820	Succeeded by George Richard Philips Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard
Preceded by George Richard Phillips Robert Hurst	Member of Parliament for Horsham 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

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