The astronomer Alexander Aubert (1730-1805) Fellow of the Royal Society 1772. In 1788 bought Highbury House, Highbury Hill for 6000 guineas and built a rotating observatory there. In 1797 he organised, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of, the 'Loyal Islington Volunteers.' Buried at St Mary's.

• Keywords
  PORTRAITS, ASTRONOMY, VOLUNTEER FORCES, MILITIA, SCIENCE, GEORGIAN PERIOD
• Geographical keyword
  HIGHBURY HILL
• Persons keyword
  Alexander Aubert, Colonel, Highbury House HIGHBURY HILL