Profiles of Warrington worthies, 2 ed._ 1854, _portrait_;
_European Mag. lxxv_, 387 (1819) _portrait_; _Proc. of Linnæan
society, ii_, 304–306 (1855); _Minutes of proceedings of
institution of civil engineers, xiv_, 120–23 (1855).
AIKIN, LUCY (_only dau. of John Aikin, M.D. of Harrington
1747–1822_). _b._ Warrington 6 Nov. 1781; author of _Epistles on
women, a poem_ 1810, _Lorimer, a tale_ 1814, _Memoirs of the court
of Queen Elizabeth_, _2 vols._ 1818; _Memoirs of the court of King
James I_, _2 vols._ 1822; _Memoirs of the court of King Charles
I_, _2 vols._ 1833; _Life of Addison_ 1843; lived at Church row,
Hampstead, June 1822 to 1830; at 18 Church row 1830–44; in London
1844–45; at Wimbledon 1845–50; at John st. Hampstead 1850 to
death. _d._ Milford house, Hampstead 29 Jany. 1864. _bur._ near
east end of old churchyard of Hampstead. _Memoirs, miscellanies
and letters of the late Lucy Aikin, edited by P. H. Le Breton_
1864; _J. Kendrick’s Profiles of Warrington worthies, 2 ed._ 1854,
_portrait_.
AIKMAN, JAMES. A bookseller in Edinburgh; author of _Poems, chiefly
lyrical_ 1816; _An account of the tournament at Eglinton_ 1839;
_The animal kingdom_ 1861; editor and proprietor of a weekly paper
called _The Star_. _d._ Edinburgh 21 May 1860 aged 81.
AILESBURY, CHARLES BRUDENELL-BRUCE, 1 Marquess of (_3 and youngest
son of Thomas Bruce 1 earl of Ailesbury 1729–1814, by his 1 wife
Susanna dau. of Henry Hoare of Stourhead, Wilts and widow of
honble. Charles Boyle, she d. 4 Feb. 1783_). _b._ Seamore place
Mayfair, London 12 Feb. 1773; M.P. for Marlborough (tory) as
Charles B. B. Bruce commonly called Lord Bruce 30 May 1796 to 19
April 1814, when he succeeded; col. of Wiltshire yeomanry
1798–1811; col. commandant of Wiltshire militia 25 July 1811 to
1827; K.T. 20 May 1819; created Viscount Savernake of Savernake
Forest co. Wilts, Earl Bruce of Whorlton co. York, and Marquess of
Ailesbury co. Buckingham 17 July 1821. (_m._ (1) 10 April 1793
Henrietta Maria 1 dau. of Noel Hill, 1 baron Berwick, she _d._ 2
Jany. 1831. _m._ (2) 20 Aug. 1833 Maria Elizabeth youngest dau. of
honble. Charles Tollemache and widow of Charles John Clarke, she
was _b._ 27 Oct. 1809). _d._ Tottenham park near Marlborough 4
Jany. 1856. _bur._ in family vault in parish church of Great
Bedwyn, Wilts 12 Jany.
AILESBURY, GEORGE WM. FREDERICK BRUDENELL-BRUCE, 2 Marquess of
(_elder son of the preceding_). _b._ Lower Grosvenor st. London 20
Nov. 1804; ed. at Ch. Ch Ox.; lieut. col. commandant Wilts
yeomanry cavalry 30 June 1837 and col. 1 April 1876 to death;
summoned to house of Lords in his father’s barony of Bruce 10 July
1838; kept a racing stud 1840 to death; won the St. Leger with St.
Albans 12 Sep. 1860; succeeded his father 4 Jany. 1856; aide de
camp to the Queen with rank of colonel 13 March 1857 to death;
P.C. 18 June 1859; master of the horse to the Queen 24 June 1859
to July 1866 and 16 Dec. 1868 to Feb. 1874; lord lieut. of Wilts
25 March 1863 to death; K.G. 23 May 1864; succeeded his cousin as
8 Earl of Cardigan 28 March 1868. (_m._ 11 May 1837 Mary Caroline
2 dau. of George Augustus Herbert, 11 Earl of Pembroke, she was
_b._ 22 March 1813). _d._ Savernake park, Marlborough 6 Jany.