Anthony Aucher
17th-century English politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 (c. 1586–1637) and his wife Hester Collett, daughter of Peter Collett.[3] His father was the son of Edward Aucher (d. 14 February 1568), and grandson of Anthony Aucher (d. 9 January 1558), an agent of Henry VIII, who in 1547, received the Manor of Plumford in the parish of Ospringe from Edward VI of England.[4][5]
Aucher was knighted at Whitehall on 4 July 1641,[6] however was imprisoned two years later for his involvement in the anti-parliamentarian Petition of Kent.[7] He had to stay in Winchester House for nine months and was then released.[7] In 1660 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury in the Convention Parliament.[8] On 4 July 1666, he was made a baronet, of Bishopsbourne, in the County of Kent.[9]
By 1635, he married firstly Elizabeth Hatton, daughter of Sir Robert Hatton.[7] She died in 1648,[10] and Aucher married secondly Elizabeth Hewytt, daughter of Robert Hewytt at St Bride's Church in London on 13 October 1681.[7] He had six sons and one daughter by his first wife,[7] who died all in his lifetime,[10] and two sons and two daughters by his second wife.[10] Archer was buried in Bourne, Kent and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest surviving son Anthony.[7] His other son, John, was a prebend at Canterbury.[11]