Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet (4 June 1739 – 14 March 1826) was a British

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 politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.

Baptised in Boarstall

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 in Buckinghamshire

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 on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. Aubrey was educated at Westminster School

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 and at Christ Church, Oxford

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, where he graduated as a Doctor of Civil Laws in 1763. Aubrey was Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty

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 in 1782 and Lord of the Treasury

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 from 1783 to 1789.

Between 1768 and 1774 and between 1780 and 1784, Aubrey was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Wallingford

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. He was further MP for Aylesbury

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 from 1774 to 1780, for Buckinghamshire

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 from 1784 to 1790 and for Clitheroe

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 from 1790 to 1796. Aubrey was also Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh

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 from 1796 to 1812, for Steyning

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 from 1812 to 1820 and for Horsham

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 from 1820 to 1826. He died in Dorton House

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 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

Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet

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 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.

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