Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

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Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet (4 June 173914 March 1826) was a British politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.

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. 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.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir George Pigot, Bt
Sir John Gibbons, Bt
Member of Parliament for Wallingford
with Robert Pigot 1768-1772
John Cator 1772-1774

1768–1774
Succeeded by
John Cator
Sir Robert Barker
Preceded by
John Durand
Anthony Bacon
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
with Anthony Bacon

1774–1780
Succeeded by
Anthony Bacon
Thomas Orde
Preceded by
John Cator
Sir Robert Barker
Member of Parliament for Wallingford
with Chaloner Arcedeckne

1780–1784
Succeeded by
Sir Francis Sykes, Bt
Chaloner Arcedeckne
Preceded by
Thomas Grenville
The Earl Verney
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
with William Grenville

1784–1790
Succeeded by
William Grenville
The Earl Verney
Preceded by
The Lord Ribblesdale
John Lee
Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
with Penn Assheton Curzon 1790-1792
Viscount Curzon 1792-1794
Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor 1794-1796

1790–1796
Succeeded by
Lord Edward Bentinck
Robert Curzon
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Harry Grey
John Lee
Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
with Michael Angelo Taylor 1796-1800
George Johnstone 1800-1802
John McMahon 1802-1812
Sandford Graham 1812

1796–1812
Succeeded by
Andrew Strahan
James Stevenson Blackwood
Preceded by
James Martin Lloyd
Robert Hurst
Member of Parliament for Steyning
with James Martin Lloyd 1812-1818
George Philips 1818-1820

18121820
Succeeded by
George Richard Philips
Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard
Preceded by
George Richard Phillips
Robert Hurst
Member of Parliament for Horsham
with Robert Hurst

18201826
Succeeded by
Henry Edward Fox
Robert Hurst
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Aubrey
Baronet
(of Llantrithead)
1786–1826
Succeeded by
Thomas Aubrey