William Finnie (MP)

{{Short description|Scottish lawyer and Liberal Party politician}}

William Finnie (6 November 1827 in Kilmarnock – 3 December 1899 in St Leonards-on-Sea) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal Party politician.

Life

The third son of James Finnie, a merchant in London, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, and Mary Ann Brown,Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870, p. 101 he was educated at Merchiston Castle Academy, King's College London, and Trinity College, Cambridge.{{acad|id=FNY846W|name=Finnie, William}}

He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1853 but never practiced.

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.{{cite book

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