Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet
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Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet (1631 – 5 March 1722) of Great Braxted, was a London merchant.
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.[1]