Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie AD1272 AD1305 from Outlaw to Guardian of Scotland Background W illiam Wallace was born on 1272 in Ellerslie, Scotland. He was the second of three sons of Sir Malcolm Wallace a minor laird possessing little political power and nobility and Margaret de Crauford the daughter of Sir Reginald de Crauford, the Sheriff of Ayr. Edward I Longshanks succeeded the English ...