John Aiton D.D. was a Scottish religious writer.

He was the youngest son of William Aiton

William Aiton

William Aiton was a Scottish botanist.Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden...

, a sherrif-substitute of Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...

, and was born at Strathaven

Strathaven

Strathaven is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a burgh of barony. The town's principal industry was primarily weaving in the 19th and early 20th centuries, however this declined when faced by...

, June 1797. He published, in 1824, ‘A Refutation of Mr. Robert Owen's Objections to Christianity.’ For this pamphlet he was presented by the then Lord Douglas to the benefice of Dolphinton, South Lanarkshire. His other works are: 1. ‘The Life and Times of Alexander Henderson,’ Edin. 1836. 2. ‘Clerical Economics,’ Edin. 1842. 3. ‘Eight Weeks in Germany,’ Edin. 1842. 4. ‘The Lands of the Messiah, Mahomet, and the Pope,’ Edin. 1852. 5. ‘The Drying-up of the Euphrates,’ London, 1853. 6. ‘St. Paul and his localities in their past and present condition,’ London, 1856. He held his living till his death in 1863.