Charles Philip de Ainslie
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Born18 March 1808
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died23 March 1889 (aged 81)
London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
Charles Philip de Ainslie | |
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 Portrait by Frederick Yeates Hurlstone | |
| Born | 18 March 1808 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Died | 23 March 1889 (aged 81) London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | 1st Dragoons |
General Charles Philip de Ainslie (18 March 1808 – 23 March 1889) was a British Army officer.
Ainslie was son of Colonel Charles Philip Ainslie, of the 4th Dragoons, and Mary Ann, daughter of James Atkinson, of Newcastle upon Tyne. His paternal grandfather was the landowner Colonel Sir Philip Ainslie of Pilton, whose wife Elizabeth was daughter of John Gray, 11th Lord Gray. His uncle George Robert Ainslie was a soldier and colonial governor. The Ainslie family were Scottish gentry, senior representatives of the ancient chiefly family of that name of Dolphinton, Lanarkshire, and held a baronetcy. They had considerable mercantile interests. Ainslie was educated at Charterhouse School.[1][2]
