William Binning
Introduction
Sir William Binning of Wallyford (1637–1711) was a 17th-century Scottish landowner who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh 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. 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 saved Linlithgow Palace from English attack in 1311.
He was owner of Wallyford 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.