SIR FENTON AYLMER AND MR A. HENRY 



Fenton Aylmer first appears as Master in 1804. 

 There must have been a large number of hunting 

 men in Kildare at that time whose names have not 

 come down to us. I have already set out the names 

 of those we must consider as the original members 

 of the Hunt Club. Of these Sir Fenton claims first 

 notice. 



Sir Fenton Aylmer was the eighth baronet of 

 Donadea Castle, Kildare, and son of Sir Fitzgerald 

 Aylmer, his predecessor in the title. Sir Fitzgerald 

 married Miss Elizabeth Cole, daughter of Mr 

 Fenton Cole, of Silverhill, co. Fermanagh, a 

 brother of Lord Mount Florence. Sir Fitzgerald 

 had been prominent in public affairs during an 

 active life ; had represented Old Leighton, co. 

 Carlow, in the Irish Parliament in 1769-75 and 

 Harristown, Kildare, in 1790-3. This family tradi- 

 tion of public service was continued by Sir Fenton, 

 who in 1794, the year following his father's death, 

 was nominated High Sheriff of Kildare. He had 

 taken his degree at Trinity College, Dublin, in 

 1788, and upon succeeding to the title and estates 

 married Miss Jane Grace Evans Freke, daughter 

 of Sir John Evans Freke. 



During the rebellion of 1798 Sir Fenton com- 

 manded a small company of Yeomanry, and upon 

 one occasion, going with a detachment of fourteen 

 dragoons to Kilcock, he and his men were nearly 



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