William Skinner of Corra WS FRSE DL JP (1823–1901) was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and author.
[1] He was born on 26 July 1823, the son of John Robert Skinner WS and his wife, Ann Black.
His proposers were Philip Kelland, John Hutton Balfour, Robert Christison, and Arthur Mitchell.
[7] On 31 August 1877, he wrote to Ulysses S. Grant to confer upon him the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh (in his capacity as Town Clerk).
They were parents to the eminent accountant William Henry Kirk Skinner (WHKS) and at least three other sons.