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Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, KG, PC (28 February 1627 – 12 March 1703) was an English peer and military officer who fought on the Royalist side during the English Civil War.
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, was Lord High Chamberlain of England and was buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel at Westminster Abbey on 15th July 1625. He has no monument but his name was inscribed in the 19th century on a stone in the floor of the chapel.
1 de jun. de 2004 · Handsome, brave, and possessed of one the most ancient of noble titles, Aubrey de Vere, 20th earl of Oxford, seemed to be the epitome of the romantic cavalier. His father had however inherited the earldom indirectly and neither he nor his son was sufficiently wealthy to support the dignity of so prestigious a title.
Aubrey de Vere (1627–1703) became the 20th and last Earl of Oxford in the Vere family. He died in 1703 without male issue, and his daughter Diana married Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, who was an illegitimate son of King Charles II by the actress Nell Gwyn.
Aubrey de Vere, the 20th earl of Oxford, played an important part in the Restoration of Charles II, and then chaired the meeting of William of Orange and James II in 1688 (the “Bloodless Revolution” which saw William appointed heir to the throne).
Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Aubrey de Vere by the Empress Matilda in 1141. His family was to hold the title for more than five and a half centuries, until the death of the 20th Earl in 1703.
Aubrey de Vere (1626-1703), 20th Earl of Oxford (1627-1703, the last of the old creation); his father was killed with the Dutch Army in 1632 and he was brought up in Holland, fighting with the Dtuch 1644-46; he upheld the Royalist cause during the English Commonwealth, being twice imprisoned in the Tower in 1654 and 1659, acted as envoy to ...
