Robert
Aytoun
Born in Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Roger Aytoun
and Jean (Sinclair) Aytoun
Brother of
John Aytoun, Rachel Jane Aytoun, Mariott Chadwick Walter Aytoun, Roger Aytoun, Isabella Aytoun, Mary Aytoun, Alexander Aytoun, Georgina Aytoun and James Aytoun
Husband of
Helene Louise Adelaide (Maugham) Aytoun
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Apr 2019
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Biography
Robert Aytoun was born in 1799 and was educated at Edinburgh University. He was admitted a Writer to the Signet, 9 June 1825 and solicitor with Aytoun & Greig of Edinburgh. He first proposed improvements to the navigation of the River Leven c.1830, and on the strength of this and some mechanical inventions, was elected a Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1839 (silver medallist, 1856, 1860). In 1844 he married Helen Louisa (1826-85), daughter of George Reid Maugham. He died in Edinburgh in 1874.
Sources
- Burke's Landed Gentry, 1898, pp. 46-47; G. MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, vol. 1, 2016, pp. 147-70; V. Fiddes & A. Rowan, David Bryce, 1803-76, 1976, p. 123. Cited by Nick Kingsley in Aytoun of Inchdairnie House, Wednesday, 31 May 2017[1]
- "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBN2-MY3 : 10 February 2018), Jean Sinclair in entry for Robert Aytoun, 17 Mar 1799; citing KINGLASSIE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,177.
- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Aytoun
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