Frederick Whitworth Aylmer, 6th Baron Aylmer
| Frederick Whitworth Aylmer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Frederick Whitworth William Aylmer |
| Born | 12 October 1777 Twyford, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 5 March 1858 (aged 80) Westbourne Grove, London, England |
| Buried | Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1790–1858 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Awards | Turkish Gold Medal Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit Knight Commander, Order of the Bath |
Frederick Whitworth Aylmer, 6th Baron Aylmer (12 October 1777 – 5 March 1858) was a British Royal Navy officer who fought during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and who eventually rose to the rank of admiral. He was born on 12 October 1777 in Twyford, Hampshire, into a naval family which included his great-great-grandfather, Admiral Matthew Aylmer.
Aylmer went to sea at thirteen years of age and in 1798, as a lieutenant, he served aboard HMS Swiftsure at the Battle of the Nile. In 1805, Aylmer made post and in 1809 was appointed to a frigate in the channel where he took part in raids on the north coast of Spain.
Aylmer is known primarily as the commander of the force that penetrated the Gironde in July 1815, part of a wider British strategy to rally French royalists against Napoleon. In 1816, commanding the heavy frigate, HMS Severn, Aylmer took part in the Bombardment of Algiers and for his part in the action was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath, the royal order of St Ferdinand and of Merit and the royal military order of St Fernando.
Born in Twyford, near Winchester in Hampshire on 12 October 1777, Fredrick Whitworth Aylmer was the great-great-grandson of Admiral Matthew Aylmer, the grandson of Captain Henry Aylmer and cousin to Admiral John Aylmer. Fredrick's father was Sir Henry Aylmer, 4th Lord Aylmer and his mother was Catharine Whitworth.
Aylmer joined the navy shortly after his thirteenth birthday, as a captain's servant to John Manley, on board the 32-gun frigate, HMS Syren, in the Channel. Aylmer was rated as a midshipman in September 1791 before following his captain to the newly built, 38-gun, HMS Apollo on the Irish station in 1794. Promoted to lieutenant in December 1796, Aylmer transferred to HMS Swiftsure the following January, and sailed to the Mediterranean under Captain Benjamin Hallowell Carew, where he participated in the Battle of the Nile. It was Swiftsure, in the company of HMS Alexander, that first discovered the French fleet in Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1798. Later, during the battle, Swiftsure anchored between Orient and Franklin, and fired into both until Orient caught alight and exploded.
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