The New Student's Reference Work/Aylmer, Col. the Hon. Matthew

Aylmer (āl′mẽr), Col. the Hon. Adjutant General of Militia (Canada). Eldest son of Lord Aylmer. Born in province of Quebec in 1842. Educated in Montreal and at Trinity College, Dublin. Entered the army as Ensign in Her Majesty’s 7th Royal Fusiliers then quartered at Malta (1864). Retired from the Imperial Service in 1870. In 1896 he became Adjutant General of the Militia of the Dominion. Was second in command of all the colonial forces that took part in the Diamond Jubilee celebration in England. A thorough soldier and successful administrator.