Anthony Aucher
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Anthony Aucher
Sir Anthony Aucher, 1st Baronet (1614 – 31 May 1692)[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.[2]
Aucher was the son of Sir Anthony Aucher and his wife Hester Collett, daughter of Peter Collett.[3] Aucher was knighted at Whitehall on 4 July 1641,[4] however was imprisoned two years later for his involvement in the anti-parliamentarian Petition of Kent.[5] He had to stay in Winchester House for nine months and was then released.[5] In 1660 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury in the Convention Parliament.[6] On 4 July 1666, he was made a Baronet, of Bishopsbourne, in the County of Kent.[7]
By 1635, he married firstly Elizabeth Hatton, daughter of Sir Robert Hatton.[5] She died in 1648,[3] and Aucher married secondly Elizabeth Hewytt, daughter of Robert Hewytt at St Bride's Church in London on 13 October 1681.[5] He had six sons and one daughter by his first wife,[5] who died all in his lifetime,[3] and two sons and two daughters by his second wife.[3] Archer was buried in Bourne, Kent and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest surviving son Anthony[5] and his other son, John was a prebend at Canterbury.[8]
References
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsA2.htm. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ "British History Online". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15400. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 28.
- ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. vol. II. London: Sherratt and Hughes. pp. 209.
- ^ a b c d e f "ThePeerage - Sir Anthony Aucher, 1st Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p12731.htm#i127306. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ History of Parliament Online - Aucher, Anthony
- ^ Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. pp. 10.
- ^
Cooper, Thompson (1885). "Aucher, John". In Leslie Stephen. Dictionary of National Biography. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 246.
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Unknown |
Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1660 – 1661 With: Heneage Finch |
Succeeded by Francis Lovelace Sir Edward Master |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Bishopsbourne) 1666 – 1692 |
Succeeded by Anthony Aucher |
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