George Aylmer was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy during the seventeenth century. George Aylmer was born in Ireland, the son of

Sir Christopher Aylmer, 1st Baronet Sir Christopher Aylmer, 1st Baronet (c.1620-1671) was an Irish landowner.Stewart p.13 Aylmer was the son of Gerald Aylmer of Balrath. The family was part of the Old English community of The Pale which largely remained Roman Catholic. Following ...

of County Meath Both his father and mother were part of the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

community. He was the younger brother of Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer, who went on to become a distinguished Admiral. During the

Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...

, Aylmer was appointed to command the 50-gun

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

. He was killed in action against the French during the

Battle of Bantry Bay The Battle of Bantry Bay was a naval engagement fought on 11 May 1689, a week before the declaration of the Nine Years' War. The English fleet was commanded by Admiral Arthur Herbert, created Earl of Torrington after the Battle; the French fl ...

on 11 May 1689.Harris p.111-13

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* Harris, Simon. ''Sir Cloudesley Shovell: Stuart Admiral''. The History Press, 2001. People from County Meath 17th-century Irish people Irish sailors 1689 deaths Irish sailors in the Royal Navy Younger sons of baronets {{Ireland-bio-stub