Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet (20 June 1680 – 16 April 1743), of Llantriddyd, Glamorgan, and Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, was a

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Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1706 to 1707, and then in the

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from 1707 to 1710.

Background

Aubrey was the son of

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, and his first wife Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet. In 1700, Aubrey succeeded his father in the

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. He matriculated at

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, on 7 April 1698, aged 17. On 20 June 1701 at

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, he married Mary Steally, his mother's ‘waiting maid’ whom he had got with child.

Career

Aubrey was elected as

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(MP) for

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at a by-election on 1 February 1706, on the recommendation of Thomas Mansel. He was returned again at the

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. Despite his cooperation with Mansel, he demonstrated Whig values in Parliament. In 1709, he voted for the naturalization of the Palatines, he twice told with Whigs and against Tories, and he voted in favour of the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. He was not put forward at the

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. In 1710, he was appointed

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Later life and legacy

Aubrey's wife died in 1714 and he married in 1716, as his second wife, Frances Jephson, daughter of William Jephson. It was through this marriage that he came into possession of the Manor of

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. Thirdly, he married Jane Thomas at

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, London on 1 February 1725. Aubrey died on 16 April 1743, aged 62 and was buried in

a week later. By his first wife, he had two sons and four daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by both his sons John and Thomas.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aubrey, John, 3rd Baronet 1680 births 1743 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 High Sheriffs of Glamorgan Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1705–1707