AYRE, ---; b.; at school 1554.
AYRES, PHILIP, of Cottingham, Northants.; b. 1638; at school under Busby (monumental inscription in Amersham Church, cited Lipscomb, Bucks., iii, 172); lived for some years in Spain; tutor in the family of Montagu Garrard Drake, Amersham, Bucks., where he lived until his death; resident at St. John’s Coll. Oxford as tutor to Drake’s son when an undergraduate there; author, Lyric Poems made in imitation of the Italians, 1687, and other works; dedicated his Mythologia Ethica, or Three Centuries of Aesopian Fables in English, 1689, to his “kinsman” Lewis Maidwell (qv); d. 1 Dec 1712. DNB.
AYSCOUGH, SIR EDWARD, eldest son of Sir Edward Ayscough, Kt MP, South Kelsey, Lincs., and Frances, dau. of Sir Nicholas Clifford, Kt.; bapt. South Kelsey St. Mary, Lincs. 29 Sep 1618; at school under Osbaldeston (Al. Cant. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 16 Sep 1635, aged 17; MP Grimsby 1659; knighted 2 Jun 1660; JP Lincolnshire 1657, High Sheriff 1665; m. 11 Sep 1645 Isabel, dau. of Sir John Bolles, Bart., Scampton, Lincs.; d. 13 Aug 1668.
BABER, ---; b.; at school 1661-5; a boarder (Busby’s Account Book).
BABER, HARRY, son of Rev. Henry Hervey Baber FRS, Rector of Stretham, Cambs., and Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, and Ann, dau. of Harry Smith; b. 18 Mar 1817; adm. 3 Jul 1828 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1834, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1839; MA 1842; ordained deacon 26 Jul 1840, priest 11 Aug 1841 (both Norwich); Diocesan Inspector of Schools, Staffordshire 1844-7; Chaplain, Whitelands Training Institution, Chelsea 1847-72; Vicar of Ramsbury, with Axford, Wilts., from 1872; m. 10 Aug 1847 Sarah Frances, eldest dau. of Joshua Rodwell, Alderton, Suffolk; d. 18 Jan 1892.
BABER, JOHN JAMES YARROW, second son of John Baber MD MRCS LSA, Thurloe Square, London, and his first wife Emma, dau. of Edward Du Bois, Sloane Street, London; b. 29 Jul 1859; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1871; Min. Can. 1874; left Christmas 1876; St. George’s Hospital; MRCS, LSA 1882; MD Brussels 1883; practised in West End of London; emigrated to New Zealand, where he continued to practise; m. 13 Sep 1881 Edie Elizabeth, elder dau. of Rev. Lewis Woodward, Vicar of Meopham, Kent; d. at Remuera, Auckland, N. Z., 30 Jul 1925.
BABER, SIR JOHN, son of John Baber MP, Recorder of Wells, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Walrond, Isle Brewers, Somerset; b. 18 Apr 1625; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, matr. 21 Oct 1642, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA and MB 1646; MD Angers 1648 (incorp. Oxford 18 Jul 1650); ejected from his studentship at Christ Church by the Parliamentary Visitors for refusing to appear before them 1648; practised medicine in King Street, Covent Garden; FRCP 17 Aug 1657; Physician to Charles II Jun 1660 - Oct 1675; knighted 19 Mar 1660/1; satirized by John Donne (qv) in the Humble Petition of Covent Garden against Dr John Baber, 1661; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II, appointed 1679, and to James II, appointed 1685; one of the original trustees of the will of Richard Busby (qv); m. 1st, (by 1653) Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Richards, Kt., Yaverland, Isle of Wight; m. 2nd, lic. to m. 1 Aug 1674, Anne, Viscountess Bayning, widow of Henry Murray, Groom of the Chamber to Charles I, and dau. of Paul, 1st Viscount Bayning; m. 3rd, 15 Feb 1680/1 Bridget, widow of Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey (I), and of Sir John Shaw, Bart., and dau. of Sir William Drury, Besthorpe, Norfolk; buried St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London 3 Apr 1704. DNB.
BABER, THOMAS FRANCIS, son of Thomas Hervey Baber, EICS Bombay, Principal Collector and Political Agent, South Mahratta, India, and Helen Somerville, widow of Capt. Donald Cameron EICS [check Presidency], and sister of Capt. James Peter Fearon, EI Maritime Service; b. 12 May 1802; adm. 28 Jun 1815 (Smedley's); KS 1816; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Nov 1819, matr. Nov 1820; Cadet, EICS Madras 1821; Ensign, unattached 27 Apr 1822; Lieut., 44th Native Infantry 23 Feb 1825; d. at sea on passage to England 21 Jan 1827.