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 A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

. He served as

High Sheriff of Kildare The High Sheriff of Kildare was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kildare, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kildare County Sheriff. Th ...

in 1761. He entered the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

as the Member of Parliament for the borough of

Roscommon Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...

in 1761, holding the seat until 1768.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). 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. 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.

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