Officer of the British Navy

Matthew Aylmer, 1st Lord Aylmer of Balrath

 

Personal Details

Date of Birth	1650
Place of Birth	Meath, Ireland
Father's Name	Sir Christopher Aylmer (???? - September 1671)
Mother's Name	Margaret Plunkett (???? - 4 December 1683)
Married	Sarah Ellis (???? - November 1710
Child	Henry (1701 - 26 June 1756)
Child	Elizabeth (1710 - ????) - Married John Norris
Child	Lucy (???? - 18 February 1767)
Brother	Sir Gerald Aylmer, 2nd Bart of Balrath (???? - June 1702)
Brother	Captain George Aylmer
Sister	Catharine Aylmer
Date of Death	18 August 1720
Place of Death	Greenwich Palace (001)

 

Naval Service Details

 

Lieutenant

Date	Ship	Notes
1678	Charles Galley	Placed by the Duke of Buckingham, to whom he was a page (b051)

 

Commander

Date	Ship	Notes
19 January 1679	Chatham Sloop	(B051)
16 November 1679	Date Tree	(B051)
15 May 1680	Castle - Fireship	(B051)
27 July 1680	Swan	Sent to Tangier (B051)
20 January 1682	Tyger	Sent home with articles of peace concluded between Admiral Herbert and the Algerines (B051)
31 June 1685		Appointed to the Mediterranean (B051)
7 October 1688	Charles Galley	(B051)

 

 

Captain

Date	Ship	Notes
11 October 1688	Swallow	Appointed captain (B051)
1688	Swallow	Took a vessel belonging to the Prince of Orange's fleet with four companies of Colonle Babbington's regiment on board (B051)
1 January 1689	Mary	Appointed captain (B051)
11 May 1689	Mary	At the battle of Battle of Bantry Bay
10 July 1690	Royal Katherine	At the Battle of Beachy Head
1690	Royal Katherine	Commodore of a fleet sent to escort the Smyrna convoy home (B051)
3 June 1692	Royal Katherine	At the Battle of La Hogue (B051)

 

Rear-Admiral of the Red

Date	Ship	Notes
18 February 1693	Royal Sovereign	Commissioned and hoisted his flag (B051)

 

Vice-Admiral of the Blue

Date	Ship	Notes
1694		Appointed (B051)
1694		In the Mediterranean under Admiral Edward Russell (B051)
May 1696	Elizabeth	Commanded the squadron carrying King William to Holland (B051)
1697		Appointed commander of a squadron to cruise off the coast fo France (B051)

 

Vice-Admiral of the Red

Date	Ship	Notes
1698		Appointed Vice-Admiral of the Red and Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean (B051)
18 August 1698	Boyne	Hoisted his flag (B051)
10 September 1698	Boyne	Sailed from Spithead
5 Novmber 1698	Boyne	Arrived in Cadiz, where the fleet spent the winter (B051)
March 1699	Boyne	Sailed to Algiers (B051)
1 October 1699	Boyne	Returned to Cadiz (B051)
27 October 1699	Boyne	Arrived at Plymouth (B051)
1699		Quit the service on the resignation of Earl of Orford (B051)

 

Admiral of the Fleet

Date	Ship	Notes
12 November 1709		Appointed
26 January 1710		Replaced by Sir John Leake
5 November 1714		Reappointed
Decemeber 1716		Commanded the fleet carrying King George I from Holland (B051)

 

 

Other Details

1694	Appointed a commissioner of the Navy (B051)
1695	Elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Portsmouth (001)
January 1696	Lost his parliamentary seat on a petition (001)
1697	Elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Dover, retaining his seat until 1713 (001)
1701	Made Governor of Deal castle (B051)
1715	Elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Dover, retaining his seat until 1720 (001)
6 November 1714	Appointed Governor of Greenwich hospital
27 April 1717	Appointed a commissioner of the Navy (B051)
29 March 1718	Quit his post as commissioner of the Navy (B051)
1 May 1718	Appointed Rear-Admiral of England and created Lord Aylmer of Balrath (B051)
1720	Held the office of Keeper of Greenwich Castle (001)
1720	Held the office of Ranger of Greenwich Park (001)

 

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
11 May 1689	Battle of Bantry Bay
10 July 1690	Battle of Beachy Head
3 June 1692	Battle of La Hogue

 

Notes

 

Sources

001	The Peerage.com
B051	Biographia Navalis	John Charnock