Hew Ainslie (5 April 1792 - 11 March 1878 / Dailly, Ayrshire Scotland)

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Hew Ainslie was a Scottish poet.

Biography

He was born in the parish of Dailly, in Ayrshire, 5 April 1792. After a fair education, he became in turn a clerk in Glasgow, a landscape gardener in his native district, and a clerk in the Register House, Edinburgh. For a short time he was amanuensis to Dugald Stewart. In 1822, being then ten years married to his cousin, ... more »

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