Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

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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, retrieved 2008-11-18

[edit]References

^ Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, London, 1883

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford1

M, #108420, d. 12 March 1702

    Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and Beatrix van Hemmend. He married, firstly, Hon. Anne Bayning, daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning of Sudbury and Penelope Naunton, on 18 June 1647.3 He married, secondly, Diana Kirke on 12 April 1673. He died on 12 March 1702.

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford gained the title of 20th Earl of Oxford.1
Child of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford and Diana Kirke

Lady Diana de Vere+1 d. 15 Jan 1741/42

Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 257. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 38. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Other References

• "Henry and Aubrey de Vere, Earls of Oxford", Westminster Abbey