Honeyman, William

Education

Student United College 1770-1772 b, s. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Born 6.9.1756 son of Patrick Honeyman of Graemsay and Mary/Margaret Macqueen.

Career

Advocate 1777. Sheriff of Lanarkshire 1786. [Lawyer]

Lord of Session 1797 and of Justiciary [Lord of Justiciary] 1799. Resigned 1811.

Of Smyllam, Armadale. Baronet 1804.

Death

Died 5.6.1825.

Sources

  • F.J. Grant, The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1532-1943 (Edinburgh, 1944) (SRS145).
  • Hist. Honeymans p156
  • Edinburgh, New College CHA4.44.51