De Vere was the son of
Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet and Eleanor Pery, daughter of
William Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth and his first wife Jane Walcott. (or 1830) He changed his surname from Hunt to de Vere on 15 March 1832, in reference to his
Earl of Oxford ancestors, dating back to
Aubrey de Vere I, a tenant-in-chief in England of
William the Conqueror in 1086. He served as
High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1811. Sir Aubrey was a poet.
Wordsworth called his
sonnets the most perfect of the age. These and his drama,
Mary Tudor: An Historical Drama, were published by his son the poet Mr.
Aubrey Thomas de Vere in 1875 and 1884. ==Works==