Matthew Aylmer (abt. 1650 - 1720)

Born about 1650 in Meath, Ireland

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Died 18 Aug 1720 at about age 70 in Greenwich, Kent, England

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Biography

Matthew Aylmer is Notable.

Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer, born about 1650, the second son of Sir Christopher and Margaret (née Plunkett) Aylmer.

He married Sarah Ellis, daughter of Edward Ellis.

Children: ^[1]

1. Henry d. 26 Jun 1754 married Elizabeth Priestman, daughter of Commander William Priestman and Mary (?), on 27 June 1716.
2. Elizabeth married, firstly, Chester Moore.1 She married, secondly, Vice-Admiral Rt. Hon. Sir John Norris.
3. Lucy d. 18 Feb 1767 married Hugh Fortescue, son of Arthur Fortescue and Barbara Elford, on 9 June 1713.

Matthew took his Royal Navy commission in 1678, and became a captain in 1679, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet between 1708 and 1720^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p5855.htm#i58549
2. ↑ http://aylmer.org.uk/who-we-were/fighting-aylmers/admiral-matthew-aylmer/

See also:

• The Alymers of Ireland p 168+ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/107623/?offset=0#page=189&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=

• Wikipedia, Matthew Aylmer accessed 23 Sep 2015

• The Irish And Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry, When Cromwell Came to Ireland: ...By John O'Hart

• Three Rivers, accessed 23 March 2012

• Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail, Website page for Lord Mathew Aylmer (1650-1720), https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_crewman&id=71 , accessed 09 Aug 2021.

• AYLMER, Matthew (c.1658-1720), of Westcliffe, nr. Dover, Kent. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/aylmer-matthew-1658-1720 , accessed 09 Aug 2021

• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 02 Aylmer, Matthew by John Knox Laughton