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