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William Aiton (1731 – 2 February 1793) was a Scottish botanist. The Aiton family tomb. Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden.
William Aiton lived from 1731 to 2 February 1793. Trained as a gardener, he went on to become the first director of Kew Gardens in London. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. William Aiton was born near Hamilton, in what is now South Lanarkshire.
William Townsend Aiton FRHS FLS (2 February 1766 – 9 October 1849) was an English botanist. Early life and education. He was born at Kew on 2 February 1766, the eldest child of the four daughters and two sons of Elizabeth (née Townsend) ( c .1740–1826) and William Aiton (1731–1793).
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Aiton, William. Ales or Alesse, Alexander. →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, taxonomy, Wikidata item. From volume 1 of the work. AITON, William, an eminent horticulturist and botanist, was born, in 1731, at a village in the neighbourhood of Hamilton.
botanic garden in the country. His son, William Townsend Aiton, was employed more widely by George IV, both at Kew and as a landscape gardener in the development of the gardens at Windsor and Buckingham Palace. The Aitons were prominent members of Kew Vestry, living in Descanso House at the junction of the Mortlake and Kew Roads.
William Aiton, third laird of Waleslie, the son of Wil-liam A on of Waleslie, obtained from John Aikman of Broomle-ton, upon the 2d July 1757, a Precept of Clare-constat, for infefting him in the lands of Waleslie, &c. ; and on which infeftment followed, on 12th July that year. William married Christian Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown of Waterhead,
Aiton, William Townsend (1766-1849) English botanist and landscape gardener born at Kew, the son of William Aiton. He succeeded his father as superintendent of the Royal Gardens at Kew (1793-1841), additionally assuming control of the neighbouring Richmond Gardens when John Haverfield retired 1795, the royal gardens at Kensington Palace ...
