A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ayling, William
AYLING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
William Ayling entered the Navy, 7 March, 1805, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capts. John Wainwright and Hon. Courtenay Boyle, lying at Spithead. With the exception of an attachment, from Aug. 1810 to Aug. 1811, to the Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, guard-ship in the river Thames, he was subsequently employed, between June, 1807, and the year 1815, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Paulina, Hind, Crocodile, Narcissus, and Pomone, all commanded by Capt. John Rich. Lumley, on the Mediterranean, Home, and North America stations. He was promoted from the Leander 50, Capt. Wm. Shiksey, to the rank he now holds 3 Aug. 1815; and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.