NOTE.—He went through marriage ceremonies with Maria Theresa eld. dau. of Thomas Longworth of Manchester, manufacturer (1) at 1 St. Vincent st. Edinburgh on 12 April 1857 and (2) in chapel of Kilbroney near Rostrevor, Ireland on 15 Aug. 1857. A great deal of litigation took place between them to settle the point whether they were married or not, the end of which was that on 28 July 1864, House of Lords decided in favour of Lord Avonmore and against the marriage, thus reversing the judgment of the Court of Session in Edinburgh which had decided in her favour. AVONMORE, BARRY NUGENT YELVERTON, 5 Viscount. _b._ 1 Randolph cliff, Edinburgh 11 Feb. 1859; 2 lieut. 37 foot 30 Jany. 1878; lieut. 20 Feb. 1879 to death; succeeded 1 April 1883. _d._ of enteric fever at Kerbekan in the Soudan 13 Feb. 1885. _I.L.N. lxxxvi_, 431 (1885) _portrait_. AVORY, HENRY. _b._ 1826; articled to John Clark of London, solicitor; clerk of indictments home circuit 1845; admitted a solicitor Nov. 1857; deputy clerk of assize home circuit 1858 to death; clerk of arraigns at central criminal court May 1860 to death. _d._ 26 Ladbroke gardens, London 5 April 1881. NOTE.—He figures in W. P. Frith’s series The race for wealth in the 4th picture “Judgment.” AWDRY, SIR JOHN WITHER (_2 son of John Awdry of Notton house, Chippenham 1766–1844_). _b._ Swindon 21 Oct. 1795; ed. at Winchester and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820, D.C.L. 1844; fellow of Oriel coll. 1820–1830; barrister M.T. 22 Nov. 1822; puisne judge and comr. of insolvent debtor’s court Bombay 1830–1839; knighted by patent 18 June 1830; chief justice of supreme court of Bombay 1839–1841 when he resigned; chairman of Wilts quarter sessions 1848 to 1866. _d._ Notton house 31 May 1878. AYCKBOURN, HUBERT (_youngest son of Thomas Harman Ayckbourn, barrister who d. 31 Dec. 1870 aged 94_). author of _The practice of the high court of Chancery_ 1844, _9 ed._ 1870; _The jurisdiction and practice of the supreme court of judicature_ 1874 _2 ed._ 1876; committed suicide 2 or 3 May 1880 aged 56. AYLEN, JONATHAN (_son of John Aylen of Portsea_). _b._ Portsmouth 22 May 1798; entered navy 13 Feb. 1813; master 5 Sep. 1823; master attendant at Sheerness dockyard 25 May 1849 to March 1856; examiner in navigation and seamanship at Hull May 1856; retired captain 25 May 1858; made several important inventions in anchors, his improvement on the Admiralty anchor was successfully tested at trial of anchors of all nations 1852. _d._ Welton near Brough, Yorkshire 9 Oct. 1874. _O’Byrne_ (1861) 31–32. AYLES, JOHN GEORGE AUGUSTUS. _b._ 1808; 2 lieut. R.M. 13 May 1828; col. commandant 16 May 1862 to 4 Nov. 1864; M.G. 4 Nov. 1864; _d._ Clevelands Basset, Southampton 25 Nov. 1883.