John Drysdale, Min. of The Tron, Edinburgh

Biographical Summary

DRYSDALE, JOHN. 29/04/1718-16/06/1788. Ref: 449. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Very Rev.
• Place of Birth: Kirkcaldy, Fife.
• Place of Death: Princes Street, Edinburgh.
• Place of interment: Adam Tomb, Greyfriars, Edinburgh.
• Profession: Minister of Religion.
• Appointments Held: Licenced 1740, Kirkcaldy; Minister,1748 Kirkliston, 1763 Lady Yester's Church, Edinburgh, 1766 Tron Church, Edinburgh; 1778 Joint Clerk,1785-89 Principal Clerk General Assembly CS; 1766-Dean of Chapel Royal; Moderator 1773 & 1784 CS General Assembly.
• Schools and Tutors: Kirkcaldy Parish School.
• Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
• Postgraduate Studies: DD(Hon Aberdeen 1765).
• Marital Status: Married Miss Adam.
• Mother: Anne Ferguson.
• Father: Rev. John Drysdale, Minister of Kirkcaldy.
• Other Family: Brother-in-law of Robert Adam FRSE 1728-92, Father-in-Law of Professor Andrew Dalzel FRSE 1742-1806.
• References: DNB 16, 1888, 75-6; Trans Roy Soc Edinb III, 37, (17/12/1792); Anderson 2, 70; Shapin 143; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 2, 1981,24; W P Anderson 1931, 478.
• Date of Election: 26/01/1784.
• Proposers: Principal William Robertson, Henry Grieve, William Robertson (Literary Section Minute 17/11/1783 NLS Acc10,000/3).
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE:Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 271

Other Referfences

• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. I, page 140