Ayton, Sir Robert, a poet of considerable merit, a native of Fife, born at Kinaldie, who made his fortune by a Latin panegyric to King James I. on his accession; was on friendly terms with the eminent literary men of his time, Ben Jonson in particular; his poems are written in pure and even elegant English, some in Latin, and have only recently been collected together (1571‒1638).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ayrshire * Aytoun, William Edmondstoune