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).
REFERENCES TO William Scrope Ayrton: Charles Lamb to Marianne Ayrton, 23 January 1821 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1821 Letters: 1833 Found 1: ¶ 1