Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Baronet

Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Baronet (14 September 1736 – February 1794) was an Irish politician and baronet.

Aylmer was the son of Sir Gerald Aylmer, 5th Baronet and Lucy Norris. On 6 January 1737 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. He served as High Sheriff of Kildare in 1761. He entered the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Roscommon Borough in 1761, holding the seat until 1768.[1] Between 1768 and 1776 Aylmer sat as the MP for Old Leighlin, and he represented Kildare Borough from 1776 to 1783. His final seat was Harristown, which he represented between 1783 and his death in 1794.[2]

He married Elizabeth Cole, daughter of Fenton Cole and Dorothy Sanderson, on 15 September 1764. He was succeeded in his title his eldest son, Fenton.

References

  1. E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.68 (Retrieved 24 February 2016).
  2. E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.68 (Retrieved 24 February 2016).
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Mahon
Edward Sandford
Member of Parliament for Roscommon Borough
with Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, Bt

1761-1768
Succeeded by
Nathaniel Clements
Robert Sandford
Preceded by
John Bourke
Edward Nicholson
Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin
with Thomas Monck (1768-1773)
John Blaquiere (1773-1776)

1768-1776
Succeeded by
Hugh Massy
John Blaquiere
Preceded by
Simon Digby
Joseph Henry
Member of Parliament for Kildare Borough
with Simon Digby

1776-1783
Succeeded by
Simon Digby
Lord Henry FitzGerald
Preceded by
Richard Allen
Charles John Crowle
Member of Parliament for Harristown
with Thomas Burgh (1783-1790)
Arthur Burdett (1790-1794)

1783-1794
Succeeded by
Robert La Touche
Arthur Burdett
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Gerald Aylmer
Baronet
(of Donadea)
17371794
Succeeded by
Fenton Aylmer
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