Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet , (* 1576 in London , † 1657 in Breda ) was a senior English official in the Royal Navy (Surveyor of the Navy) and director of the English mint. He was also a patron of science.
Aylesbury attended Westminster School and from 1598 the Christ Church College of Oxford University , where in 1605 he acquired in 1602 the bachelor's degree and master's degree (MA). He was then secretary to the Lord High Admiral , first to Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and then to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , who patronized him. On April 19, 1627 he was given the hereditary title of Baronet , of London, and he was from 1628 to 1632 Surveyor of the Navy. He was also one of the Masters of Requests and from 1635 he was part of a commission with Ralph Freeman that had the function of director of the English mint. In the English Civil War , which began in 1642 , he lost his offices and property as a royalist and went into exile with his family in Antwerp and in 1652 to Breda , where he died in 1657.
He had two sons, William and Thomas, and three daughters, Frances, Anne and Barbara. Frances, who married Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon , was the mother of Anne Hyde . Since his two sons died before him, his title of nobility expired on his death.
He had a country house at Windsor Park (Cranbourne Lodge) next to his townhouse in London and gathered a circle of scientists around him. These included Thomas Allen , Thomas Harriot (who also designated him as one of the editors of his posthumous manuscripts) and Walter Warner . After Anthony Wood , Aylesbury was interested in mathematics and primarily promoted this science.
Much of his manuscripts and library were lost or sold after he had to leave the country during the English Civil War.
literature
- Agnes Mary Clerke: Aylesbury, Thomas (1576-1657) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 2: Annesley - Baird. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885, p. 277 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seltman, Gouding Thomas Harriot´s Artis Analyticae Praxis , Springer 2007, p. 3. Harriot bequeathed it primarily to his patron Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland . The main editors were Nathaniel Torporley and Walter Warner
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aylesbury, Thomas, 1st Baronet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aylesbury, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1576 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1657 |
| Place of death | Breda |