William Finnie (MP)

The third son of James Finnie, a merchant in London, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, and Mary Ann Brown,^[1] he was educated at Merchiston Castle Academy, King's College London, and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2]

He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1853 but never practiced.^[2]

He was a justice of the peace for Ayrshire.

He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire at the 1868 general election but was defeated at the 1874 election.^[3] He married Antoinette BURNARD d/o George BURNARD in 1853

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Finnie

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