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The Tomb of William Aiton.—This tomb, in Kew Churchyard, 
commemorates Mr. William Aiton, who held charge of the Royal 
Gardens at Kew from 1759 till his death in 1793, and the members 
of his family. By the courteous permission of the Rev. 
Bliss, Vicar of the Parish, the inscriptions on the tomb, which had 
become so weathered as to be barely legible, have been recut at the 
expense of a few friends who hold Aiton’s memory in high regard, 
These inscriptions are on three panels of the tomb. The panel 
nearest the gardens bears the following words :— 
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF 
Mr. gig LLIAM N, 
GARDENER o His MAsEsty AT KEW 
: WHO DIED 2ND Penat ier 1793, AGED 62 YEARS. 
ALS80 IN THE SAME VAULT ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF 
ELIZABETH AITON 
OF THE DECEASED WILLIAM = geal 
ED DECEMBER 23RD, 1823, AGED 83 YE 
WITHIN Rect TOMB ARE ALSO DEPOSITED THE See OF 
NNE AuGusTA TOWNSEN 
YOUNGEST me Brel oF WILLIAM ee ELIZABETH AITON, 
DIED August Ist, 1828, aGep 46. 
The panel on es utiorite side of the ‘aaa facing Kew Bridge, 
is inscribed as follow 
BENEATH THIS — ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF 
JAN WNSEND ON, 
SECOND CACORE OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH AITON, 
DIED 9TH Ooi. 1831, AGED 61 YEARS. 
LSO THE REM ‘AI 
ELIZABETH TOWNSEND 
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND Burzapern ges 
SHE DIED 25TH JUNE, 1831, AGED 67 Y 
AGED 73 YEARS, THE LAST SURVIVING DAUGHTER OF 
WILLIAM Spe greta AITON—HER ei 
ARE ALSO DEPOSITED IN THIS TOM 
Finally, one of = end panels bears the insription: i— 
TO THE MEMORY Sn 
Mr. WiLt1aAmM Townsenp AIT 
or Kew, ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM AND itasien AITON, 
LATE pais: Ee OF ALL THE Royal GARDENS, 
DIED OCTOBER 97H, 1849, 
IN THE plahed FOURTH YEAR OF HIS LIFE. 
WITHIN ae TOMB LIES ALSO THE BODY OF 
HN TOWNSEND AITON 
ATE Tuepshaisienne: OF THE A GARDENS, 
THE sis ete: OF THE DESERVING AND ESTEEMED FAMILY 
F WILLIAM AND ELI ae AITON, 
DIED JULY 6rH, 1851, agen 74. 
‘The few known facts of Mr. W. Kiton? s biography have been 
recorded by Sir i iw noe neh Ge in the Kew Bulletin - 
of Mr, fo Paton, of Mane in this aeiio: Nothing 
