Thomas Aylesbury was born
in 1576. A close associate of Duke of
Buckingham, Aylesbury became Master of Requests and Master of
the Mint. He had his portrait painted by William
Dobson in 1642.
On the outbreak of the
Civil War Aylesbury supported Charles
I and became
a member of the royal court in Oxford.
After the defeat of the royalist forces he went into exile and lived
in the Netherlands until his death in 1657.
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