Frederick Whitworth Aylmer, 6th Baron Aylmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Whitworth Aylmer, 6th Baron Aylmer

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1777

Place of Birth: Twyford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1858

Profession: naval officer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Frederick Whitworth Aylmer, 6th Baron Aylmer (12 October 1777 – 5 March 1858) was a British Royal Navy officer who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and 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, served aboard HMS Swiftsure at the Battle of the Nile.
In 1805, he 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 primarily known as the commander of the force that penetrated the Gironde in July 1815, as 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 was subsequently 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.