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| | Irvine Burns Club Honorary members 1896-99 |
 | | Rev. Alfred Ainger, born in 1837, rose to become Canon of Bristol, also Master of the Temple from 1894 and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. |
 | | Ainger contributed to literary discussions of his day on other writers, including in the 'Spectator' (1884), in the Wordsworth Society's journal 'Wordsworthiana' (1889), and in the journal 'Athenaeum' on a Shakespearian topic (1899). |
 | | The Alexander Macmillan was the London publisher of Ainger's work; being of an Irvine family, Macmillan was granted the freedom of the Burgh in 1870. |
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