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Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer and family fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1830-1832.

Reference:

R2517-0-5-E, MG24-A43

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

101136

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Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer and family fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1830-1832.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

3.8 cm of textual records (181 p.) original and photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of letters patent appointing Lord Aylmer to be Vice-Admiral of British North America and appointing him Governor-in-Chief of Upper and Lower Canada, 1830; and "Recollections of Canada, 1831", compiled by Lady Aylmer.

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Aylmer, Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, Baron, 1775-1850

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Aylmer, Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, Baron, 1775-1850 : Matthew Aylmer, later Matthew Whitworth Aylmer, fifth baron Aylmer of Balrath, County Meath, Ireland, was born in 1775, the eldest son of Henry, fourth baron Aylmer, and Catherine, daughter of Sir Charles Whitworth and sister of Charles, Earl of Whitworth, whose surname and arms Lord Aylmer assumed by royal licence in 1825. He married Louisa Anne Call in 1801. She died in 1862.

Lord Aylmer entered the army in 1787 as an ensign with the 49th, or Hertfordshire Regiment of Foot and pursued a military career as Lieutenant Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, becoming aide-de-camp to the King in 1803. Aylmer served with Sir Arthur Wellesley in the Peninsular Wars. Aylmer attained the rank of general in 1825 and was living in retirement in the south of France in 1830.

Nominated as Governor-in-Chief of Upper and Lower Canada, there were delays in the preparation of his commissions. He served as Administrator of Lower Canada, succeeding Sir James Kempt, from his arrival in October 1830 until 4 February 1831 when he was sworn in as Governor. His period of government was marred by constant political upheaval which climaxed in 1834 with the Ninety-two Resolutions advanced by Louis-Joseph Papineau in the House of Assembly, some of which called for Aylmer's impeachment. Although Aylmer was recalled the next year, there was no censure implied. Lord Aylmer was gazetted a G.C.B. in 1836 and died in London, England in 1850.

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General note:

Letter patents, 1830, were presented in 1985 from the Hon. Mrs. Gregor B. Miller and her husband, of West Vancouver. The Hon. Mrs. Miller is the only child of Hugh Yates Aylmer, 12th Baron Aylmer (1907-1982).

Location of originals note:

Originals with Sir William Geary, Oxon Heath, Tonbridge, Kent.

Related material:

Further papers of Lord Aylmer are to be found in Colonial Office 387, transcribed by the National Archives of Canada. A listing of the material transcribed (MG 11, CO 387) is available with the transcripts on microfilm reel C-14022.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy - Appointments and retirements, 1830 Lord Aylmer, 1830-1831

Colonial administrators - Lower Canada, 1830-1831 Lady Aylmer, 1831-1832

Recollections of Canada 1831

Lady Alymer's Diary, 1831-1832
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Private

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MG24-A43
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 A 43] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Letters patent: Researchers are asked to use the photocopies or to consult the transcripts available in MG40-B1.

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