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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 . Biography. He was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend. [1] .
Apr 29, 2022 · 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.
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.
Vere Family, noted English family that held the hereditary office of lord great chamberlain from 1133 to 1779 and the earldom of Oxford from 1142 to 1703. The family derived its name from the village of Ver, near Bayeux, in France. Its founder, Aubrey de Vere (c. 1040–1112), was a Norman who came.
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).
Jun 1, 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.
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.
