Of Calderhall, the son of Andrew Houstoun; he was colonel in the 20th Regiment, created baronet in 1836.

REFERENCES TO Sir William Houston, first baronet:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 1 November 1829 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)