Career
As a young man he served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards. He succeeded to the titles of 14th Earl of Cassilis, 16th Lord Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa & 3rd Baron Ailsa on 20 March 1870. In 1885 he founded the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company.
He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire between 1919 and 1937.
