Biographical Summary

"Sir William Nairne, Baronet [S. 1704], of Dunsinane, uncle and h., being 2d s. of the 2d Baronet; was 1811. admitted Advocate, 11 March 1755; Joint Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh (with his uncle, Alexander Nairne), 1758 ; Sheriff Depute of Perthshire, 1782 ; Senator of the College of Justice under the name of Lord Dunsinane, 25 Feb. 1786 to 1807 ; and a Lord of Justiciary, 1792 to 1808. He, having long previously purchased the estate of Dunsinane, as above stated, sue. to the Baronetcy, 12 Jan. 1790. He executed an entail of his estates, 9 Aug. 1808,( b ) and d. unm. 25 March 1811, at Dunsinane house, when the Baronetcy became dormant."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1904; Vol. II; page 426