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Ainsworth-Davis, John Creyghton, son of Professor James Richard Ainsworth-Davis, sometime Principal of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucs., by Jessie, daughter of James Coutts, of Edinburgh; b. April 23, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1914; Christ's Coll. Camb., exhibitioner, matric. Michaelmas 1914; ran second in the hundred yards and in the quarter-mile at the Special Camb. Univ. Sports in May 1919; ran against Oxford in the quarter-mile in 1920; ran for England in the Olympic Games 1920; Gold Medal for 4 x 400 metres relay; B.A. 1920; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1923; M.A., B. Ch. 1924; M.B. 1925; F.R.C.S. (Edin.) 1926; F.R.C.S. 1929; M. D. 1933; a consulting urological surgeon practising in London; sometime president of the Hunterian Society; author of Essentials of Urology (1952); 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Rifle Brigade Dec. 16, 1914, attached to 6th Batt.; Capt.; Royal Flying Corps; served 1914-19 in France, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine and was taken prisoner; Sqdn. Ldr. (Medical) R.A.F.V.R., Sept. 18, 1939; Wing-Cdr. Sept. 1, 1941; in charge of surgical division of a R.A.F. hospital 1939-45; m. rst 1920; wd 1947, Irene, daughter of Alfred Hope, of Wolverhampton.

Airy, Alan Guy, brother of Ronald William Airy (qv); b. 18 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (H); left July 1932; Wye Agric. Coll.; a nurseryman; RA 1939-45 (Capt.), despatches (NW Europe) 4 Apr. 1946; emigrated to New Zealand 1961; m. 30 Mar. 1964 Margaret Brenda, d. of Albert Birkby; d. Jan. 2001.

Airy, Reginald, second son of the Rev. Basil Reginald Airy, Vicar of St. John's, Torquay, Devon, by Emma, daughter of Shepley Watson, of York; b. May 15, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Sarnwaies and Triplett) 1896 (adm. sub­ sizar Oct. 1, 1896); B.A. 1899; M.A. 1911; assist. master Bristol Grammar School 1903; Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland, 1905-9, and City of London School 1909-11; head master of County School, Bromley, Kent, 1911-26; author of Westminster in Bell's Series of Handbooks to the Great Public Schools (1902); m. April 18, 1906, Winifrid Edgcumbe, daughter of Henry Edgcumbe Eliot, of Paignton, Devon; d. 1952.

Airy, Ronald William, son of Eustace William Airy FCA and Elsie Catherine, d. of C. L. Grant; b. 31 Jan. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1929; Guildhall Sch. of Music; a church organist and market gardener in Kent; RNVR 1942 (Lieut.), discharged with disability pension 1945; d. 21 Aug. 1968.

AISKEW, JOHN, son of Michael Aiskew, Westminster, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons, and Elizabeth Horsley (IGI); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1728/9; in school list 1729 (as Askey); left 1729; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Mar 1735/6; BA 1738; ordained deacon and priest (Winchester) Dec 1741; Rector of Blendworth, Hampshire, from 1741; Vicar of Catherington, Hampshire, from 1778; m. 19 Jul 1750 Elizabeth Pafford, Rowner, Hampshire; d. 1789 (will proved PCC 9 Dec 1789). [possibly Chaplain, Royal Navy 1777]

AISLABIE, WILLIAM, eldest son of Robert Aislabie, Rotherham, Yorks., solicitor, and Martha, dau. of Timothy Kiplin, Badsworth, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1735; KS (aged 14) 1738; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1742, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1742, did not matr.; ordained; licensed to curacy of Borden and Halstow, Kent 1749/50; Chaplain Royal Navy 1758, HMS Winchester; d. unm. 2 Oct 1759.

AISLABIE, WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev. William Aislabie, Rector of Birkin, Yorks., and Anne Huton, Cotton, Woodchurch [check county]; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1738 (Wynniate's); left 1743; d. unm. 18 Jan 1761.

Aitken, James Douglas, son of James Aitken, M.B., of Ilford, Essex, by Isabella Muir, daughter of David Gilmour, of Glasgow; b. Aug. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1913; 1st class diploma Royal School of Mines 1922; member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and of the Indian Institute of Mining Engineers; representative in Hyderabad of John Taylor and Sons and Superintendent of the Nizam's gold mines 1937-55; served in Gallipoli in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Machine Gun Corps July 6, 1916; Capt. March 5, 1918; wounded in Gallipoli; m. March 5, 1927, Marjorie, daughter of Octavius Edward Lambert, of Lewisham; d. Oct. 28, 1955