Background
The third son of James Finnie, a merchant in London, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, and Mary Ann Brown, he was educated at Merchiston Castle Academy, King"s College London, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
The third son of James Finnie, a merchant in London, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, and Mary Ann Brown, he was educated at Merchiston Castle Academy, King"s College London, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Trinity College; King"s College London.
He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1853, but never practised. He was a justice of the peace for Ayrshire.
20th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire at the 1868 general election, but was defeated at the 1874 election.