Background
Street Aubyn was the eldest son of John Saint Aubyn of Clowance, Cornwall and his wife Catherine Arundell, daughter of John Arundell of Trerice.
Street Aubyn was the eldest son of John Saint Aubyn of Clowance, Cornwall and his wife Catherine Arundell, daughter of John Arundell of Trerice.
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. He entered Middle Temple in 1631.
He became commissioner for assessment for Cornwall, commissioner for sequestrations and commissioner for levying of money in 1643.
In 1644 for was commissioner for execution of ordinances and became High Sheriff of Cornwall to 1645. He became recorder of Street Ives in 1646.
Street Aubyn was a colonel in the parliamentary army and took part in the capture of Street Michael"s Mount in 1646. He was appointed Governor of the Mount in 1647 when it became a prison.
Street 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 Justice of the Peace until 1653. He became a commissioner for security in 1655. In 1656 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
He was commissioner for assessment for Cornwall and became a Justice of the Peace again in 1657.
He was commissioner for militia in Cornwall in 1659. In April 1659 he was elected Member of Parliament for Street Ives in the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 he purchased Street Michael"s Mount from the Bassett family and it became his home. He was one of the Cornish gentry who met at Truro in December 1659 to demand a free Parliament.
He was commissioner for assessment for Cornwall again in January 1660 and commissioner for militia for Cornwall again in March 1660.
In April 1660 Street Aubyn was re-elected Member of Parliament for Street 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.
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In April 1640, Street Aubyn was elected Member of Parliament for Tregoney.
