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Ainslie is a Scottish Borders family long associated with Roxburghshire; COSCA records its historic seat as Dolphinstone Castle, now ruined, at Jedburgh. No chief is listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Two well-documented bearers of the name are the surveyor and cartographer John Ainslie (1745-1828), born in Jedburgh, and the Edinburgh lawyer Robert Ainslie (1766-1838), a friend and correspondent of the poet Robert Burns.

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Crest & Motto

Clan Ainslie Crest Badge & Motto

The motto of Clan Ainslie is Gude In Need. It appears on the Clan Ainslie crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.

In Scotland a crest belongs to the chief, not to everyone with the surname. Clan members may wear the crest badge, with the crest inside the strap and buckle, to show that they belong to the clan. The plain crest without the strap remains the chief’s own.

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The Ainslie Story

  1. 1787

    Robert Ainslie meets Robert Burns in Edinburgh, beginning a lasting friendship[2]

  2. 1789

    John Ainslie publishes an updated map of Scotland[4]

  3. 1828

    John Ainslie dies and is buried in the grounds of Jedburgh Abbey[4]

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Map of Scotland with Ainslie places marked1
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Dolphinston, near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire

COSCA records Dolphinstone Castle, now ruined, at Jedburgh as the Ainslie historic seat; Dolphinston itself is a category B listed steading in Jedburgh parish.[1][5]Open in Google Maps

Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.

Clan Ainslie Today

ChiefNo chief is listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.

Surnames linked to Clan Ainslie

These family names are connected with Clan Ainslie. Each list says who records the link.

Spellings of the name

  • Ainsley
  • Ainslee
  • Annesley
  • Ansley
  • Ainley

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Questions about Clan Ainslie

What is the Ainslie motto?

Gude In Need.

Does Clan Ainslie have a chief?

No chief is listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.

Where did the Ainslie family come from?

COSCA records the family's historic seat as Dolphinstone Castle, now ruined, at Jedburgh in Roxburghshire.

Who was John Ainslie?

A Scottish surveyor and cartographer (1745-1828), born in Jedburgh, who produced updated maps of Scotland in 1782 and 1789; he lies buried in the grounds of Jedburgh Abbey.

Who was Robert Ainslie?

An Edinburgh lawyer (1766-1838) who passed Writer to the Signet in 1789 and formed the acquaintance of Robert Burns in 1787; fourteen of Burns's letters to him are included in the poet's correspondence.

Sources

  1. Find a clan: Ainslie, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  2. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900: Ainslie, Robert (1766-1838), Wikisource (Dictionary of National Biography)
  3. Members of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
  4. John Ainslie, from The Gazetteer for Scotland, The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland
  5. Dolphinston with outbuildings, boundary wall and gatepiers (LB8408), Historic Environment Scotland