Alexander Colvin Ainslie (1833–1903)National Archives was Archdeacon of Taunton from 1896 until his death on 5 June 1903. Obituary: Archdeacon Ainslie The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 06, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37100
Ainslie was educated at University College, Oxford, and ordained in 1854.Crockford's 1898 p10(London, Herbert Cox, 1898 After a curacy at Sopworth he held incumbencies at Corfe (1854–1871), Henstridge (1871–1883, Langport (1883-1891) and Over Stowey (1891–1896).'AINSLIE, Ven. Alexander Colvin', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Dec 2016
He was Canon Residentiary of Wells, and was in early 1900 appointed Precentor of Wells Cathedral.
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