1. ayton, sir robert a poet of considerable merit, a native of Fife, born at Kinaldie, who made his fortune by a Latinpanegyric to KingJames I. on his accession; was on friendlyterms 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).