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, 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.