William Aiton (sheriff), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Aiton (sheriff)

Scottish law agent, agriculturalist and sheriff-substitute of the county of Lanark

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1760

Place of Birth: Silverwood, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1847

Profession: agriculturist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

William Aiton (9 January 1760 – 8 July 1847) was a Scottish law agent, agriculturalist and sheriff-substitute of the county of Lanark.
He was an authority on all matters bearing on Scottish husbandry. He was born at Silverwood, Kilmarnock, in 1760, a neighbourhood which he left in 1785 to go to Strathaven, Lanarkshire, where he practised for many years as a law agent.
He next went to Hamilton, where he held office as one of the sheriff-substitutes of the county from 1816 up to 1822.
He died in 1847.
At no period did his income exceed a hundred a year, and yet out of this, with a family of twelve children, he educated four sons for liberal professions, often sending them his last guinea when they were students at college.