Aiton, Robert
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1603-1638 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Poet | ||
| Place of Birth | Kinaldie | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Graduated from St Leonard's College (1588-1589). Moved to London (1603). Groom of the Privy Chamber (1608). Knighted (1612). Secretary to Queen Anne (1612-1619) and to Queen Henrietta Maria (1625-1638). Granted denization (1615). Published Latin poems during his lifetime, and English poems posthumously. Also reputedly composed in Greek and French.
