Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford

Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford (b. after 23 August 1575 – 7 August 1632) was an English soldier, and the penultimate Earl of Oxford.

Life

Robert was the son of Hugh de Vere (a great-grandson of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford) and Eleanor Walsh. He was the second cousin of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford.

When Henry died sometime between 2 and 9 June 1625, Robert emerged as the heir apparent to the earldom. He subsequently returned to his home in the Low Countries, where he had made a career for himself as a soldier in the Dutch army. In 1632, Robert was killed while taking part in the siege of Maastricht. His title passed to his five-year-old son Aubrey, who would, in turn, become the last in an almost 600-year line of de Vere earls of Oxford.