sentences:  As a young man he served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards.In 1885, he founded the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, which was based in Troon and Ayr, Ayrshire.Upon the death of his father on 20 March 1870, he succeeded to the titles of 14th Earl of Cassilis, 16th Lord Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa and 3rd Baron Ailsa.