Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650 – 15 September 1700)[1] was an English politician.

He was the only surviving son of Sir John Aubrey, 1st Baronet, and his wife Mary South, daughter of Sir Richard South.[2] Aubrey matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1668, and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1672.[3] He succeeded his father as baronet in 1679,[1] and was High Sheriff of Glamorganshire in 1685. Aubrey was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brackley from 1698 to his death in 1700.[4]

On 1 March 1678, he married firstly Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet in St James's in London. By 1691, he married secondly Mary Jephson, daughter of William Lewis[5] and widow of William Jephson. Aubrey died at Boarstall in Buckinghamshire after a fall from his horse[2] and was buried at the old family home Llantrithyd in Glamorgan.[3] His only son John succeeded to the baronetcy.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. II. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 74.
  3. 1 2 Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart; Hayton, D.W., eds. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 87.
  4. ↑ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Brackley". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1 2 Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 248.


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