AINSWORTH, JAMES (_son of Jeremiah Ainsworth of Manchester_). _b._ Manchester 5 March 1783; ed. at Manchester free gr. sch. and by Rev. Joshua Brookes; apprenticed at the infirmary Manchester 1798; studied at Univ. of Edin.; surgeon to the infirmary Manchester 1806; the first to commence anatomical lectures in Manchester; one of the ablest operators of his day, and the first who tied the internal iliac artery successfully; one of the founders of Natural history society, and of Botanical and horticultural society; member of Manchester literary and philosophical society Jany. 1805 to death; hon. F.R.C.S. 1843. _d._ Cliff point, Higher Broughton near Manchester 28 Oct. 1853. _Admission Register of Manchester school ii_, 202–204 (1868). AINSWORTH, PETER, _b._ 24 Nov. 1790; M.P. for Bolton, (radical) 9 Jany. 1835 to 23 July 1847. _d._ Smithills hall, Bolton 18 Jany. 1870. AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON (_elder son of Thomas Ainsworth of Manchester, solicitor 1778–1824, by Ann Harrison 1778–1842 eld. dau. of Rev. Ralph Harrison of Manchester, Presbyterian minister_). _b._ King st. Manchester 4 Feb. 1805; ed. at the free gr. sch. 1817–22; articled 1821 to Alexander Kay of Manchester, solicitor; a publisher in London 1826–27; edited _Bentley’s Miscellany_, March 1839 to Dec. 1841; author of _Jack Sheppard_, _3 vols._ 1839 which was produced in dramatic form simultaneously, at Adelphi, Queen’s, Sadler’s Wells, Victoria and Pavilion theatres in London, Oct. 1839; received £1000 from the ‘_Sunday Times_’ for ‘_Old St. Paul’s_’ 1841, and another £1000 for the ‘_Lancashire Witches_’ 1848; edited _Ainsworth’s Magazine_, Feb. 1842 to 1854; purchased _New monthly magazine_ from Henry Colburn 1845; purchased _Bentley’s Miscellany_ 1854 and combined with it Ainsworth’s Magazine, Jany. 1855; gave the flitch of bacon at Dunmow in Essex 19 July 1855 and 25 July 1857; granted a civil list pension of £100 a year 10 Dec. 1868; entertained at a banquet in the town hall, Manchester by the mayor, Thomas Baker 15 Sep. 1881; lived at the Elms, Kilburn; at Kensal manor house; at Brighton; at Tunbridge Wells; at Reigate. (_m._ 11 Oct. 1826 Anne Frances younger dau. of John Ebers of John st. London, publisher, she _d._ 6 March 1838). _d._ St. Mary’s road, Reigate 3 Jany. 1882. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 9 Jany. _Manchester quarterly_, _i_, 136–55 (1882) _portrait_; _Maclise portrait gallery_ (1883) 256–62, _portrait_; _J. H. Friswell’s Modern men of letters_ (1870) 257–72; _Illustrated Review_, _ii_, 321–23 (1872) _portrait_; _Horne’s New spirit of the age_, _ii_, 215–22 (1844).