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Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
1703Mar, 12

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627)
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC (28 February 1627 – 12 March 1703) was a Royalist during the English Civil War.

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