Aubrey family

Arms of the Aubrey baronets

Blazon Shield: Azure a chevron between three eagles' heads erased Or. The shield is also charged with a baronet's escutcheon. Crest: An eagle's head erased Or. Motto: Solem Fero.

The Aubrey family, of Llantrithyd in the Vale of Glamorgan, held a baronetcy from 1660 until the death of the seventh baronet in 1856. The family held various lands in Wales and England (especially Boarstall in Buckinghamshire), and a number of the baronets held public office as MPs for various constituencies, and as High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. The seventh and last baronet, Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey (1782-1856) died in Buckinghamshire. His father, Col. Richard Aubrey (d.1808), lived at Ash Hall, Ystradowen, in the Vale of Glamorgan, and commanded the Royal Glamorgan Militia.

Richard Aubrey (1793-1859) was born in Lancashire but his family had been identified with Swansea for three or four generations (according to the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian). He engaged in commerce in the city, became a prominent local figure, and served in various public offices, including mayor 1841-42. He lived in Gloucester Place, Swansea.

The Aubrey arms have been in use since at least the sixteenth century. In Swansea, they appear, charged with a baronet's badge, in the Entrance Hall to Singleton Abbey (Swansea University), and they also represent Richard Aubrey on the mayoral chain of office.