Background
Aucher was the son of Sir Anthony Aucher (who in 1547, held the Manor of Plumford in the parish of Ospringe (near Faversham)).and his wife Hester Collett, daughter of Peter Collett.
Aucher was the son of Sir Anthony Aucher (who in 1547, held the Manor of Plumford in the parish of Ospringe (near Faversham)).and his wife Hester Collett, daughter of Peter Collett.
He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Aucher was knighted at Whitehall on 4 July 1641, however was imprisoned two years later for his involvement in the anti-parliamentarian Petition of Kent. He had to stay in Winchester House for nine months and was then released.
On 4 July 1666, he was made a baronet, of Bishopsbourne, in the County of Kent.
In 1660 he was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Canterbury in the Convention Parliament.