Sir William Binning of
Wallyford
Wallyford is a village near Musselburgh and approximately east of Edinburgh in East Lothian, Scotland.
History
The village was initially populated by coal miners and later grew as an overspill/commuter town for workers in Musselburgh and Edi ...
(1637–1711) was a 17th-century Scottish landowner who served as
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the ...
from 1675 to 1677.
Life
He was born at Ford in
Midlothian on 11 March 1637 the son of James Binning of
Carlowrie Haugh (b.1580), servitor to the lairds of
Cranstoun Riddel in
Midlothian, including
James Makgill, 1st Viscount of Oxfuird
Viscount of Oxfuird is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1651 for Sir James Makgill, 1st Baronet, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Makgill of Cousland, also in the Peerage of Scotland, with remainder to his "heirs mal ...
. His mother, Euphemia Baillie (b.1610), daughter of Alexander Baillie, was James's second wife, and William was their only child.
He was descended from
William Bunnock who famously retook
Linlithgow Peel from the English in 1313.
He was owner of
Wallyford
Wallyford is a village near Musselburgh and approximately east of Edinburgh in East Lothian, Scotland.
History
The village was initially populated by coal miners and later grew as an overspill/commuter town for workers in Musselburgh and Edi ...
House (near
Musselburgh) in (and perhaps prior to) 1672, when the house was remodelled.
He was succeeded as Lord Provost in 1677 by
Francis Kinloch.
He died on 7 January 1711.
Wallyford House was ruinous by the late 19th century and its remnants were demolished in 1948 to make way for a housing scheme.
Family
In 1662 he married Elizabeth Scott.
They had eight children including Charles Binning of
Pilmuir, an advocate and later
Solicitor General to Scotland (1721 to 1725), Laurence Binning, Eupham Binning and Katherine Binning.
In 1701 aged 61 he married Mary Livingstone of
Saltcoats.
References
1637 births
1711 deaths
People from East Lothian
Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
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