Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Layard, (Sir) Austen Henry
Layard, (Sir) Austen Henry, g.c.b., created D.C.L. 5 July, 1848 (son Henry Peter John Layard), attaché to H.M. embassy at Constantinople 1849-52, foreign under secretary 1852 and 1861-6, lord rector of Aberdeen 1855-6, commissioner of Works 1868-9, M.P. Aylesbury 1852-7, Southwark 1860-70, minister to Spain 1869-77, ambassador at Constantinople 1877-80, P.C. 1868, G.C.B. 2878. See Foster's Baronetage.