THE 13TH LORD AYLMER,
BARON OF BALRATH ,
Co Meath, and a Baronet
(Sir
Michael Anthony Aylmer, Bt) [The Rt Hon The Lord Aylmer, Dovecot House, Jesse's
Lane, Long Crendon, Bucks HP18 9AG]; born 27 March 1923; succeeded
cousin 1982; educated privately and Trin Hall Cambridge (BA 1944, LLB
1945, MA 1948); slr 1948, Liveryman Solicitors' Co; married 5 May 1950
•Countess Maddalena Sofia Maria Gabriella Cecilia Stefania Francesca, only
daughter of Count Arbeno Attems di Santa Croce, of Aiello dei Friuli, Italy, by
Sofie, eldest daughter of Prince Maximilian Karl Fredrich zu
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, and has: 1a +(ANTHONY) JULIAN
[The Hon Julian Aylmer, 16 Edgarley Terrace, 1b +Michael Henry;
born 21 March 1991 1b •Rosemary Sofia;
born 11 Dec 1993 1a •Gioia Francesca;
born 14 Sept 1953; married 1991 •Andrew Robert Shaw, and has: 1b •Elizabeth Margaret
Louise; born 10 Feb 1993 2b •Imogen Madeleine
Rose; born 13 Sept 1995 Lineage:
Sir
GERALD AYLMER, of Dollardstown, Co Meath (2nd son of Bartholomew Aylmer, of
BARTHOLOMEW AYLMER;
married Ellen, daughter of Thomas Warren, of Navan, Co Meath, and died
in the lifetime of the father 1553, having had, with other
issue: NICHOLAS AYLMER;
born c 1544; Auditor-Gen Ireland; married c 1561 Margaret,
daughter and coheir of 7th Lord (Baron) Killeen (see 1970 edn FINGALL, E)
by Alice, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, and died 1608,
leaving: CHRISTOPHER AYLMER, of
Balrath; had: GERALD AYLMER, of
Balrath; lawyer; Catholic and royalist 1649; married 1st – and had issue;
married 2nd after 1629 Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Fitzwilliam, of
Mount Merryon, and widow of 5th Baron Louth (qv), and died 1662,
leaving an eldest son: Sir Christopher
Aylmer, 1st Bt (I), so created
by 6 Nov 1662, of Balrath, Co Meath; married by 11 Aug 1639 his
stepsister Margaret Plunkett (died 4 Dec 1683), 3rd daughter of 5th Baron
Louth (qv), and died Sept 1671, having by her
had: 1a Sir Gerald Aylmer, 2nd
Bt;
married Jan 1664/5 Mary, sister of Sir Patrick Bellew, 1st Bt, and
died June 1702, leaving, with a 3rd son: 1b Sir John 2b Sir Andrew Aylmer, 4th
Bt;
married Catherine (died March 1746/7), daughter of Edward Hussey,
of Westown, Co 1c Sir Gerald 4b Patrick Aylmer, of
Mayfield, Co Kildare; died 1739, leaving an only son: 1c Sir Matthew Aylmer,
6th Bt; born 10 April
1724; married Dorothea Lord (died 1791) and died without issue
11 May 1776 2a MATTHEW AYLMER,
1st
Lord Aylmer, Baron of Balrath, Co Meath (I), so
created 1 May 1718; offr RN temp JAMES II, R-Adml of the Red
temp WILLIAM and MARY, Govr Greenwich Hosp, Ranger Greenwich Park, R-Adml
GB 1720; married Sarah (died 1710), daughter of Edward Ellis, of
London, and died 18 Aug 1720, leaving: 1b HENRY,
2nd
Baron 1b 2b Lucy; married
Hugh Fortescue, of Filleigh and Wear Gifford, and had issue (see
FORTESCUE, E) 3a George; Capt RN 1a Catherine; married
1st Sir Nicholas Plunket, of The 1st BARON's only
son, HENRY
AYLMER, 2nd Lord Aylmer,
Baron of Balrath; married June 1716 1a Matthew; born
1717; Capt Foot Gds; died without issue & vp 1748 2a HENRY AYLMER,
3rd
Lord Aylmer, Baron of Balrath; born 21 May
1718; Capt RN; married Anne (died 28 Sept 1756), daughter of
William Pierce, of 1b Sir Henry Aylmer, 7th
Bt (as
which succeeded 2nd cousin 11 May 1776), and 4th Lord Aylmer, Baron
of Balrath; born c 1750;
married 23 Feb 1774 Catherine (married 2nd Howel Price, died
Jan 1805), daughter of Sir Charles Whitworth, of Leyborne, and sister of 1st
and last Earl Whitworth (see RAVENSDALE, B), and died 22 Oct 1785,
leaving: 1c MATTHEW AYLMER
later WHITWORTH-AYLMER (roy licence 1825 on death of his uncle, Earl Whitworth),
5th
Lord Aylmer, Baron of Balrath, GCB; born 24
May 1775; Gen, Col 18th Foot, Govr-Gen Canada 1831–35; married 4 Aug 1801
Louisa Anne (died 13 Aug 1862), 2nd daughter of Sir John Call, 1st Bt, of
Whiteford, Cornwall (see 1903 edn), and died without issue 23 Feb
1850 2c Henry; born
1776; drowned at 3c FREDERICK WILLIAM
AYLMER, 6th Lord Aylmer, Baron
of Balrath, KCB; born 12
Oct 1777; Adml; died unmarried 5 March 1858 4c James Thomas;
born in 1785; died unmarried 1c Rose Whitworth;
died in 3a Philip; born
1721; died young, unm 4a John (Rev); MA;
baptised 25 May 1723; Preb Bristol, Rector St Alban's, Wood Street,
London; married 4 June 1755 Elizabeth (died 5 Sept 1779), daughter
of John Henry Vassmer, and died 16 Feb 1793, leaving, with three other s
(Henry, died unmarried Oct 1787; George; Charles), a 2nd son: 1b John; born 16
June 1759; Adml of the Red; married 1st 2 Sept 1784 Martha (died 7
July 1809), daughter of Stephen Cazalet, and had: 1c John, of 1d Athalmer; born
16 June 1813; died 25 March 1829 2d UDOLPHUS AYLMER,
7th
Lord Aylmer, Baron of Balrath; born 10 June
1814; Col Canadian Militia; married 28 June 1871 Mary Eliza (died
14 Sept 1881), daughter of Edward Journeaux, JP (formerly of Dublin), of
Melbourne, Canada, and died 29 Nov 1901, having had: 1e MATTHEW AYLMER,
8th
Lord Aylmer, Baron of Balrath; born 28 March
1842; Maj-Gen, Adj-Gen and Inspr-Gen Canadian Forces, Lt 7th Roy Fus; married
20 Oct 1875 Amy Gertrude (died 14 Sept 1935), 2nd daughter of Hon
John Young, of Montreal, and died 11 June 1923, leaving: 1f JOHN FREDERICK
WHITWORTH AYLMER, 9th Lord Aylmer, Baron
of Balrath; born 23 April
1880; married 3 July 1928 Emma Gertrude, 4th daughter of Colin Black, CE,
ME, of 2f KENNETH ATHALMAR
AYLMER, 10th Lord Aylmer,
Baron of Balrath; born 23 June
1883; married 25 Sept 1924 Eleanor Katherine (died 1970), 3rd
daughter of John Francis Rogers, of Swanington, 3f BASIL UDOLPHUS
AYLMER, 11th Lord Aylmer,
Baron of Balrath; born 20 May
1886; married 1st 28 Feb 1916 Bessie Irving, ARRC (died 12 Nov
1956), daughter of Joseph Watson, of 1g Matthew; born
29 May 1917; killed in action 3f (cont.) The
11th
Baron married
2nd 3
Oct 1960 •Helen Cooper, daughter of Thomas Hogg, of 1f Amelia Winifred;
married 31 Dec 1919 Henry Perry-Leake, CE, JP (died 8 May 1937),
of Balfour, BC, son of Henry Leake, of Herts, by Anne Perry, and died without
issue 7 Aug 1960 2f Florence Gwendolyn;
born 28 March 1891; married 11 June 1914 Robert Arthur
Scott-Lauder (died 24 Jan 1964), younger son of Dep Surgn-Gen Henry
Scott-Lauder, of 2e Henry; born
25 April 1843; Lt RM Artillery, Lt-Col Canadian Militia, barrister, MP
Canadian Parl, Sheriff Dist of St Francis; married 5 Oct 1870 Louisa
Blanche Fanny, eldest daughter of Henry Aspinall 3e Edward Francis;
born 6 March 1848; died 16 Nov 1868 4e Frederick Whitworth;
born 4 Feb 1850; Capt Canadian Militia; CE; married 1899 Emma
Meredith (died 14 Dec 1949 aged 91), daughter of R Lang, and died
21 Sept 1920 1e Isabella; married
17 July 1872 Henry Lovell Aylmer (died 3 June 1882), of 2e Eliza Jane; died
unmarried 1893 3d Henry; born
10 Aug 1816; granted with sister rank of baron's dau/yr s 15 May 1867;
married 2 Nov 1846 Eliza (died 1880), daughter of Henry Atkins,
and died 1900, leaving: 1e John Athalmer;
born 28 Aug 1847; MEIC; married 1883 Mary Christine (died
1957), daughter of Judge Pringle, of Ontario, and died 11 April 1934,
leaving: 1f Edith Christine;
married 1910 L F Cross, and died May 1954, leaving issue 2f Mary Dorothy;
married 1919 Eric G McDougall (died 1943), and died Jan
1971 3f Muriel Esmée;
married 15 June 1921 George Meredith Morrison (died Nov 1967), and
died Jan 1982, leaving: 1g •John Alexander
Aylmer [John Morrison, 1273 Anoka St, Ottawa, ON K1V 6O3, Canada]; born
15 Jan 1924 1g •Beverley Ann [Miss
Beverley Morrison, 80 Certwright St, Kingston, ON K7M 1P7, Canada]; born
26 July 1925 2e Henry Brooke;
born 12 Nov 1852; CE; Capt Canadian Militia; married 1901 Bertha
Amelia Coates (died 9 Feb 1932), and died 30 June 1932 1e Elizabeth Anne;
died unm 2e Christiana Louisa;
died unmarried 1901 1d Caroline Amelia
Sophia; born 4 Oct 1820; married 10 Feb 1850 Rev William Valentine
Lloyd (died 1896), Rector Haselbech, Northamptonshire, and died
1898, leaving issue 1b (cont.) Adml John
Aylmer married 2nd 2 Nov 1809 Frances (died 17 June 1862), 2nd
daughter of Rev Thomas Horner Pearson, and sister of Gen Sir Thomas Pearson,
KCB, and died 19 April 1841, having by her had: 2c Henry; born
6 Jan 1813; Maj-Gen RA; married 28 Oct 1847 Charlotte Louisa (died
20 April 1895), daughter of John Gwatkin, of Parc Behan, Cornwall, and
died 31 March 1904, having had: 1d Henry Lovell;
born 26 Aug 1848; married 17 July 1872 his cousin Hon Isabella
Aylmer (died 12 July 1939), eldest daughter of 7th Baron Aylmer (see
above), and died 3 June 1882, leaving: 1e Arthur Lovell;
born 22 July 1873; married 1st Sept 1900 Georgina Henrietta
Emmeline (Ghetta) (died 7 April 1936), daughter of Lt-Col James Fielding
Sweeney, and had issue: 1f HUGH YATES AYLMER,
12th
Lord Aylmer, Baron of Balrath; born 5 Feb
1907; married 12 Aug 1939 Althea (died 14 April 2002), eldest
daughter of Lt-Col John Talbot, IA, and died 6 Dec 1982, leaving: 1g •Ann Kathleen [The
Hon Mrs Miller, 6–1701 Chesterfield Ave, N Vancouver, BC V7M 2N9, Canada];
born 4 Dec 1941; married 13 Oct 1972 •Gregor Byron Miller, and
has: 1h •Jonathan Brown
Aylmer; born 23 Jan 1975; married 19– •Kirsten – 1g (cont.) The Hon Mrs
Miller also adopted: •Helen L; born 8
May 1961; married 19– •Keith Thorne •Lisa P; born 14
April 1965; married 19– •Jamie Stephens 1e (cont.) Arthur
Aylmer married 2nd 16 Oct 1937 Charlotte Giselle (died 4 Jan
1968), daughter of George Cornell Yates, of Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada, and
died 1961 2e Henry Udolphus
Paget; born 30 Dec 1876; QC (Canada); married 1st 5 June 1912
Annie Hall (died 25 June 1916), 3rd daughter of J J Shillington, of
Strandtown, Belfast; married 2nd 18 Oct 1922 Anne Munro, 2nd daughter of
Judge David Sage Williams, of Ocala, Florida, USA, and died without issue
4 June 1959 1e Mary Louisa Ethel;
born 20 Feb 1875; married 13 Jan 1906 Maj-Gen William Richard
Blackwell, CB, CMG, late RAMC (died 9 July 1946), elder son of Capt T S
Blackwell, of Dublin, and died 1942, leaving issue 2d Frederick Arthur;
born 21 Oct 1849; Lt-Col and Brevet Col RA; married 21 Jan 1890
Constance Isabella (died 14 Oct 1923), daughter of Charles William
Grenfell, MP, of Taplow Court, Bucks (see GRENFELL, B), and died
29 March 1918, having had: 1e Christopher; born
24 Oct 1890; educated Malvern and abroad; Lt Wilts Regt; married
1st 1 June 1922 (divorce 1927) Marjorie Marianne Ellison, daughter of
Percival Ellison Barber, of Sheffield, by Jessie, 2nd daughter of Alfred
Harrison Smith, of Carlton Hall, Worksop, and widow of Reginald Barber, and
had: 1f MICHAEL ANTHONY
AYLMER, 13th and present Lord
Aylmer, Baron of Balrath 1e (cont.) Christopher
Aylmer married 2nd 18 April 1931 Margaret, daughter of Robert Brotherton,
of Antwerp, and died 6 Feb 1955 2e Edward Arthur, DSC;
born 20 March 1892; Capt RN, WW I (despatches) and WW II (despatches, 3rd
Cl Order George I of Greece with swords); married 8 Jan 1925 Gwladys
Phoebe (died 21 Sept 1968), youngest daughter of David Evans, JP, of
Ffrwdgrech, Brecon, and died 1974, leaving: 1f Gerald Edward;
born 30 April 1926; educated Winchester and Balliol College Oxford
(BA 1950, MA, DPhil); WW II in RN; Master St Peter's College Oxford 1978–91,
memb Roy Commn Historical MSS 1978–2000 (Chm 1989–94), Pres Roy Historical Soc
1984–88; married 6 Aug 1955 •Ursula Adelaide [Mrs Gerald Aylmer, The Old
Captains, Hereford Rd, Ledbury, Herefs HR8 2PX; 18 Albert St, Jericho, Oxford
OX2 6AZ], only daughter of Maj Brian George Michael Frederick Nixon, of
Llangrove, Ross-on-Wye, Herefs, and died 17 Dec 2000, having adopted: •(Thomas) Bartholomew;
born 10 Feb 1962 •Emma Clare; born
5 March 1964 3e Henry Gerald;
born 18 May 1896; educated Cheltenham; Maj Res of Offrs, Essex
Regt, formerly Lt Roy Dublin Fus, WW I (France 1915–18) and WW II (Home Defence
Forces); married 19 Jan 1927 Nancy (died 1991), daughter of Drake
Hollick, of The Old House, Sheering, Harlow, Essex, and died 1978,
leaving: 1f +John Henry; born
1 July 1936; educated Radley; Gren Gds 1954–56; memb London Stock
Exchange 1968–; married 1st 10 July 1959 (divorce 1970) Venetia
Mary, elder daughter of Ian Thomas Henderson, of Pond House, Crawley,
Winchester, Hants, by Monica, youngest daughter of Sir Edward Wingfield Verner,
5th Bt (see 1970 edn), and has: 1g •Miranda Jane;
born 18 May 1962; married 1987 •Simon M A Webster, of 15
Harrison's Lane, Ringmer, nr Lewes, E Sussex, eldest son of P M Webster, of
Blackstone Grange, Henfield, W Sussex, and has: 1h •Sophie Charlotte
Monica; born 1990 2g •Juliet Rose; born
23 Oct 1965 1f (cont.) John Aylmer
married 2nd 1971 •Margaret Gillian Elliot, daughter of John Musker 1f Constance Bridget;
born 17 April 1928; married 12 Jan 1951 Geoffrey Ralph Merton, MC,
4th son of Sir Thomas Ralph Merton, KBE, DSc, FRS, of Stubbings House,
Maidenhead Thicket, Berks, and had: 1g •Flavia Jane; born
1 Dec 1951 2g •Laura Rachel;
born 1 Dec 1952 3g •Claudia Bridget;
born 9 July 1962 2f •Rachel Moyra
born 29 Jan 1930; married 4 April 1951 •Maj Sir Philip Digby
Pauncefort-Duncombe, 4th Bt (qv), and has issue 4e Claud; born
23 Sept 1900; Lt-Col RA; married 19 July 1928 Margaret Victoria (who
married 2nd 1 Dec 1954 Cdr John Rodolf Perronet Thompson, RN (died
16 March 1965), and died 15 April 1998), son of Maj-Gen Charles
William Thompson, CB, DSO, of Trent Meadows, Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorset, and
resumed the name AYLMER by deed poll 1982), elder daughter of Frank Hemming, of
Franklyns, Great Waltham, Essex, and died 12 Oct 1952, leaving: 1f +Richard Grenfell
[Richard Aylmer Esq, Cromwell's House, 17 Mill Lane, Old Marston, Oxon, OX3
OPY]; born 11 Jan 1932; educated Wellington and London U (BA
1952); Capt (ret) RA; married 11 April 1964 •Marelyn Joyce, only daughter
of Sir James Miller, GBE, JP, DL, of Belmont, Ellersly Rd, Edinburgh 12, and has
issue: 1g +Christopher James;
born 22 May 1966; married 1992 •Cheryl Janice, younger daughter of
Clive Perrett, of Stratford-upon-Avon 2g +Kenneth Malcolm;
born 20 Oct 1970; married 1996 •Illona Rebecca Melanie Dixon,
younger daughter of Stephen Dixon, of Oxford 1e Rose Caroline
Georgiana; born 28 Oct 1893; married 14 May 1918 Henry Francis
Lascelles, Welsh Gds (died 31 Aug 1937), 2nd son of Lt-Col Henry Arthur
Lascelles, Rifle Bde, of Woolbeding, Midhurst, Sussex, and had issue (see
HAREWOOD, E) 2e Constance Evelyn;
born 12, died 15 May 1899 3d Charles Paget;
born 28 April 1853; died 28 Oct 1870 1d Charlotte Louisa
Mary; born 18 March 1851; died unmarried 1 Feb 1941 2d Frances Veryan;
born 7 Jan 1856; died 28 Oct 1919 3c Frederick Charles;
born 24 July 1814; Lt-Col 89th Regt, Kt Legion of Honour and Medjidie;
married 22 Sept 1853 Maria Anne, youngest daughter of John Gwatkin, of
Parc Behan, Cornwall, and died without issue 20 March 1882 Ireland Peerage
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