| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ayrton, William, 1777-1858 NRA: Ayrton, William (1777-1858) Musical Writer DNB: Ayrton, William (1777-1858), impresario and writer LBT ID: WiAyrto1858 VIAF ID: 39166330 LOC ID: no2007123056 | B/BAP:   1777-02-24 DIED: 1858-05-08 | 
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
| A founding member of the Philharmonic Society and manager of the Italian opera at the
                        King's Theatre; he wrote for the Morning Chronicle and the Examiner. | |
|  CORRESPONDENCE OF William Ayrton:  Charles Lamb to William Ayrton, 12 May 1817 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters     (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)  Charles Lamb to William Ayrton, [27 October 1821] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters     (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)  Charles Lamb to William Ayrton, 14 March 1830 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters     (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)  | |