William Scrope Ayrton

(1804-1885)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ayrton, William Scrope, b. 1804 LBT ID: WiAyrto1885 VIAF ID: 28518189 LOC ID: n85240951	B/BAP: 1804 DIED: 1885-05-03
SOURCES: The Times (5 May 1885); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the musical impresario William Ayrton; a bankruptcy commissioner, he married Margaret Alsager (1826-1898) and with Basil Montague edited The Harmonicon (1823-33).