AYRE, JOSEPH. _b._ Lynn, Norfolk 1781; sent to sea 1800; studied medicine at Guy’s hospital and Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 24 June 1807; practised at Hull 1808–24, in London 1824–31, and at Hull again 1831 to death; L.R.C.P. 1824, F.R.C.P. 1859; author of _Practical observations on bilious complaint_ 1821; _Researches into the nature and treatment of dropsy_ 1825. _d._ Hull 15 Jany. 1860. AYRES, JOHN. _b._ 1807; clerk of the Royal Society of Literature more than 30 years. _d._ 4 St. Martin’s place, London 9 July 1881. AYRES, PHILIP BURNARD. _b._ Thame, Oxon 12 Dec. 1813; entered Univ. college London Oct. 1833; L.S.A. 1836, M.R.C.S. 25 April 1836; M.D. London 9 Dec. 1841 where he won 7 medals; practised nearly 10 years at Thame; lecturer on chemistry at Charing Cross hospital; phys. to Islington dispensary 1851; edited _Pharmaceutical Times_; patented a method of utilising sewage as manure 1847; superintendent of quarantine in Mauritius 5 Jany. 1856 to death. _d._ Champ de Mars, Port Louis, Mauritius 30 April 1863. NOTE.—His widow presented his herbarium of Mauritius plants to royal gardens at Kew. AYRIS, HENRY. _b._ 12 Dec. 1805; whipper-in to the Berkeley hounds 1826; huntsman of same pack down to Dec. 1865, when presented with a purse of 500 guineas, and granted an annuity of £100 by Lord Fitzhardinge; the best huntsman of his day. _d._ Ham near Berkeley 28 April 1874. AYRTON, EDWARD NUGENT. _b._ Richmond, Surrey 1815; ed. at Ealing and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1840; barrister L.I. 20 Nov. 1845; wrote in the Law Times. _d._ Bexhill, Sussex 28 Nov. 1873. AYRTON, FREDERICK (_elder brother of preceding_.) _b._ London 20 March 1812; ed. at Ealing and Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bombay artillery 1828; captain June 1843 to 11 Sep. 1843, when he retired on a pension; barrister M.T. 30 Jany. 1846; sec. to Abbas Pasha viceroy of Egypt 1851 to 13 July 1854 when he died, educated Ilhami Pasha his only son, sec. to him 1854 to his death 1861; A.I.C.E. 9 June 1835; received title of Bey from the Khedive. _d._ Arundel gardens, Notting hill London 20 June 1873. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxviii_, 306–308 (1874). NOTE.—He formed a magnificent collection of Arabic calligraphs and MSS. which he bequeathed to the nation, but unfortunately the conditions with which the bequest was accompanied, prevented the Trustees of the British Museum accepting it.