John St Aubyn (Parliamentarian)
John St Aubyn (1613–1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640. He served as a colonel in the parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
St Aubyn was the eldest son of John St. Aubyn of Clowance, Cornwall and his wife Catherine Arundell, daughter of
St Aubyn was a colonel in the parliamentary army and took part in the capture of St Michael's Mount in 1646. He was appointed Governor of the Mount in 1647 when it became a prison.[3]
St Aubyn became freeman of Plymouth in 1648 and also commissioner for militia in Cornwall. In 1649 he became Vice-Admiral for South Cornwall and in 1650 he became a
In April 1660 St Aubyn was re-elected MP for St Ives in the Convention Parliament in a double return. He became colonel of the militia in April 1660. He did not stand for parliament in 1661. He was stannator of Tywarnwhaile in 1663 and commissioner for assessment for Cornwall from 1663 to 1680. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall again in 1666.[1]
St Aubyn married Catherine Godolphin daughter of
References
- ^ a b c d e History of Parliament Online - John St Aubyn
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ The St Aubyn family Archived 22 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine