Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC ( February 28, 1627 - March 12, 1703 ) was an English peer , officer and politician .
Life
He was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford , and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend. He was still a minor when his father died in 1632 as an officer in the Dutch service during the siege of Maastricht and he inherited the title of Earl of Oxford . He was raised in Friesland . In 1644 he joined an English infantry regiment as a serjeant major , which fought in the Dutch service in the Eighty Years' War . Between 1646 and 1650 he rose to the rank of colonel .
In the English Civil War he was suspected of being on the side of the royalists and was therefore temporarily incarcerated in the Tower of London in 1654 and 1599 . After the Stuart Restoration , King Charles II rewarded him for his loyalty. He accepted him in 1660 as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter and made him Lord Lieutenant of Essex . From 1670 to 1679 he was a member of the Privy Council . In the English army he was Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse from 1661 and was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1678 . In 1678 he traveled as an English special envoy to the French court and from 1678 to 1685 he held the court office of gentleman of the bedchamber .
In the Glorious Revolution he sided with William of Orange and against James II. William then set him up again as Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse and Lord Lieutenant of Essex. In 1690 he fought the Jacobites in the Battle of the Boyne . He also held the court office of gentleman of the bedchamber under Wilhelm III. until 1697. From 1700 to 1701 he held the office of Speaker of the House of Lords .
Marriage and offspring
On April 12, 1647, he married the Hon. Anne Bayning (1637-1659), daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning . The marriage remained childless.
In 1673 at the latest he married Diana Kirke, with whom he had five children:
- Hon. Charles de Vere († young);
- Lady Charlotte de Vere († 1674);
- Lady Diana de Vere (around 1679–1742) ⚭ 1694 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans (1670–1726), illegitimate son of King Charles II ;
- Lady Mary de Vere († 1725, unmarried);
- Lady Henrietta de Vere († 1730, unmarried).
Leaving no male successor and no suitable heir to assert his claim, he was the last Earl of Oxford , one of the longest-lived titles of the Peerage of England .
Literature and web links
- Victor Stater: Vere, Aubrey de, twentieth earl of Oxford. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press, 2004 ( online edition ).
- Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford on thepeerage.com
- Oxford, Earl of (E, 1142-1703) at Cracroft's Peerage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages. London 1883.
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| SURNAME | Vere, Aubrey de, 20th Earl of Oxford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English peer, officer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1627 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1703 |