William McOnie

Sir William McOnie DL LLD (1813–1894) was a Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1883 to 1886.

[1] Peter died in 1850 and in 1851 he joined his other brother, Andrew, at 1 Scotland Street in Tradeston as "W & A McOnie" engineers and millwrights.

[4] By 1881 he was living at "Heath Bank" on St Andrews Road in the Kinning Park district.

He was also Chairman of the African Steam Navigation Co and a Director of Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company.

[10] Whilst in office as Lord Provost he was portrayed by the then young George Reid RSA, one of his earlier commissions.