Men-at-the-Bar/Ayrton, Acton Smee

by Joseph Foster

Ayrton, Rt. Hon. Acton Smee, P.C. 1869, M.P. Tower Hamlets 1857–74, financial secretary to treasury 1868–9, commissioner of works 1869–73, judge advocate-general 1873–4, a student of the Middle Temple 2 June, 1850, called to the bar 30 April, 1853 (3rd son of Frederick Ayrton, of Bombay, gentleman); born , 1816.

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