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Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC (28 February 1627 – 12 March 1703) was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend.
Aubrey was a Royalist during the English Civil War, and for this he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was richly rewarded for his loyalty by Charles II after the Restoration in 1660. He later took the side of William of Orange against James II in the Glorious Revolution.
On 12 April 1647, he married Anne Bayning, a daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning. Anne died in 1659 and Aubrey married Diana Kirke. They had five children:[1]
- Charles, died young
- Charlotte, died young
- Lady Diana de Vere, who married King Charles II's illegitimate son, Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans.
- Mary, died unmarried
- Henrietta, died unmarried
Since he had no surviving sons, he became the last de Vere Earl of Oxford, one of the longest-lived peerages in the country. The first de Vere earl had received his title from the Empress Matilda in 1141.
[edit] Sources
- Stater, Victor (2004-09), "Vere, Aubrey de, twentieth earl of Oxford (1627–1703)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28206, retrieved 2008-11-18
[edit] References
- ^ Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, London, 1883
| Legal offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Vacant (The Protectorate) | Justice in Eyre south of the Trent 1660–1673 | Succeeded by The Duke of Monmouth |
| Honorary titles | ||
| English Interregnum | Lord Lieutenant of Essex jointly with The Duke of Albemarle 1675–1687 1660–1687 | Succeeded by The Lord Petre |
| Preceded by The Lord Petre | Lord Lieutenant of Essex 1688–1703 | Succeeded by The Lord Guilford |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Robert de Vere | Earl of Oxford 1632–1703 | Dormant |
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from L&M Companion
(1632-1703). Soldier; in the Dutch army 1644-50; imprisoned under the Commonwealth. Chief Justice in Eyre of the Forest south of Trent 1660-73; Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse from 1661. He lived in a large house (taxed on 17 hearths) in the Piazza, Covent Garden.With his death this line of the Earls of Oxford became extinct.
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Earl of Oxford was one of the oldest titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family. It finally became dormant[?] in 1703 with the death of the 20th Earl. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of the line, due to the claims put forward by some that he was the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_OxfordAubrey, 20th Earl of Oxford, had no sons and when he died in 1703 this famous title became extinct. His daughter Diana married Charles, the illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and King Charles II who was created 1st Duke of St. Albans
http://www.hedinghamcastle.co.uk/history.htm