1243 William Birkmyre

Constituency : Ayr  Burghs  1892-5

William  recaptured  Ayr  Burghs  after  the  Tory  by-election  gain  of  1890. His  majority  was  just  7.

William's  family  had  a  rope-making  business  and  were  of  Huguenot  stock. He  spent  time  in  India. He  was involved  in  the  Cobden  Club.

William  gave  a  large  park  to  the  town  of  Port  Glasgow.

William  wrote  pamphlets   on  the  development  of  India  and  old  age  pensions.

William  was  defeated  by  the  Conservatives  in  1895.

He  died  in  1900  aged 61.