Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet

Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet (1631 – 5 March 1722) of Great Braxted, was a London merchant.

Biography

Benjamin Ayloffe was born in 1631. He was the younger son of Sir Benjamin Ayloffe and his second wife, Margaret the 5th daughter of Thomas Fanshawe.[1]

Ayloffe was a merchant in London, governor of the Russia Company from 1700, for the rest of his life; and was also active in local politics.[2] In 1675, on the death of his elder brother Sir William Ayloffe, he inherited the baronetcy and family seat of Great Braxted. He died with no surviving children on 5 March 1722, aged 91.[3] The baronetcy passed to his nephew (the son of his younger brother Henry), Sir John Ayloffe (executed 1685).[1]

Family

Benjamin Ayloffe married, 21 Sep. 1669, at North Ookendon, Essex, Martha, daughter of Sir John Tyrrell, of Heron, Essex, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Laurence Washington.[1] They had one son, John, who died about the age of twenty, unmarried; and two daughters, Margaret, married to the Rev. Mr. Jenks, Minister of St. Dunstan's in the West, London; and Martha, the wife of Mr. John Preston, of London, Merchant.[4]

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References

Baronetage of England
Preceded by
William Ayloffe
Baronet
(of Baxted Manor)
16751722
Succeeded by
John Ayloffe
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