Nairne, William, Sir, d. 1811 (Library of Congress Name Authority); baptized 1731 (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)—
5th Baronet of Dunsinnan; a Scottish judge who became close enough to Samuel Johnson to accompany him during part of his Scottish travels. Nairne was celebrated as highly principled, reputedly once paying for a poor man to take Nairne's own judgment to an appellate court after realizing his original judgment had been mistaken.