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Aylmer, Lady

The domineering mistress of Aylmer Park, greatly feared and slavishly obeyed by family and servants. Sister of Mrs. Winterfield.

"She had been a beauty on a large scale, and was still aware that she had much in her personal appearance which justified pride. She carried herself uprightly, with a commanding nose and broad forehead; and though the graces of her own hair had given way to a front, there was something even in the front which added to her dignity, if it did not make her a handsome woman". - The Belton Estate