Biography of Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton 1757-1858
In or before 1757 [his father] General George Ainslie (age 30) and [his mother] Anne Sharpe were married.
In 1757 Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton was born to General George Ainslie (age 30) and Anne Sharpe.
In 1802 Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton (age 45) was elected MP Mitchell Cornwall which seat he held until 1806.
On 07 Jul 1804 [his father] General George Ainslie (age 77) died.
The London Gazette 15744. Whitehall, October 13, 1804
The King, has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great England and Ireland unto Sir [his uncle] Robert Ainslie (age 74), of Great Torrington, in the County of Lincoln, Knight, late His Majefty's Ambassador at the Ottoman Porte, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, with Remainder to Robert Sharpe Ainslie (age 47), of Market Stainton, in the said County of Lincoln, Esq.; Nephew of the said Sir Robert Ainslie, and Son of General George Ainslie, deceased, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully-begotten.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the said, United Kingdom to William Burroughs (age 51), Esq; late Advocate-General of Bengal and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.
On 21 Jul 1812 [his uncle] Robert Ainslie 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His nephew Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Ainslie of Great Torrington in Lincolnshire.
On 26 Jun 1835 Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton (age 78) and Elizabeth Wanger (age 71) were married. They had had several children before they married.
On 14 Mar 1858 Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton died, desiring that he might 'not have even a headstone' placed over his grave. Baronet Ainslie of Great Torrington in Lincolnshire extinct since his children were all illegitimate.
On 15 Sep 1868 [his former wife] Elizabeth Wanger died.
GrandFather: George Ainslie
Father: General George Ainslie
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Anstruther of Anstrutherfield
GrandMother: Jane Anstruther
Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton
GrandFather: Samuel Sharpe
Mother: Anne Sharpe