William Innes (1719–1795) was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1775.
Innes was the son of Alexander Innes of Cathlaw, West Lothian, and his wife Johanna Ainslie, daughter of Alexander Ainslie, merchant of Edinburgh, and was born on 29 July 1719.
[1] At the 1774 Innes was elected in a contest as Member of Parliament for Ilchester on the interest of Thomas Lockyer.
He is not recorded as voting in Parliament, but he made two speeches in his time on army estimates and the land tax.
Ilchester had a history of corrupt practices and the defeated candidates petitioned against the result on grounds of bribery.