(09/06/1854-10/01/1940)
William was born in York as the son of Walkinshaw and Mary Elizabeth. William married Margaret Cable (-12/03/1941)in Perth on 11/04/1892. Margaret was the daughter of James of Wyndham. William's children were Clarence Walkinshaw (1894-1933), Stella Constance (1896- ), Raymond, Jeanett, Evelyn Annie, Margaret Isabel and James William Halley (1910- ). William was a Clerk of Courts in York for seven years (1870), Honorary Secretary Mechanics Institute in 1875. He was the Clerk of Courts in Geraldton for nine years. He was the resident magistrate for Toodyay and relieving resident magistrate for Bunbury for three years. Government resident for Wyndham for three years and at Roebourne in 1896. He was a Northam Freemason and a member of voluntary Militia. William was educated privately and at a government school in Perth.