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AINSLIE, SIR PHILIP, eldest son of George Ainslie, Bordeaux, France, merchant, and Jane, dau. of Sir Philip Anstruther, Bart., Anstrutherfield, Fife; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1742 (Hawkins'); subsequently boarded with a Ms Douglas; left 1745; Adjt. and Sub-Lieut., 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 23 Mar 1754; Guidon and Capt. 7 Feb 1759; Lieut. and Capt. 17 Jan 1763; Maj. 24 Jun 1768; Brevet Lieut. -Col. 11 Sep 1775; Lieut. -Col., 4th Horse (Ireland) 12 Dec 1777, still 1781; knighted 25 Feb 1778; of Pilton, Midlothian; m. 1771 Hon. Elizabeth Gray, dau. of John, 11th Baron Gray (S); d. 19 May 1802.

ROWLAND, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 12) 1745 (Douglas'); left 1747. [note Capt. Francis Rowland, 84th Foot, stationed Bengal, will proved PCC 16 Sep 1765]