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.[ citation needed] 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.[ citation needed] 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]
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