Laurence Dinwiddie, Merchant in Glasgow

LAURENCE DINWIDDIE

Merchant in Glasgow; Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

Lawrence Dinwiddie, here treated, was probably an incomer to Glasgow. Certainly, he was not admitted as a burgess and guild brother of the burgh by hereditary right. He was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother on 22 January 1695 by right of purchase. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750: 235

Death

Lawrence Dinwiddie died before 19 December 1742, the date upon which his son Alexander was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750: 452

Evidence from the Burgess Records of Glasgow

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25 February 1695: Dinwiddie, Laurence, merchant, B. and G.B., purchase. James R. Anderson, The Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750 (Printed for the Scottish Record Society by J. Skinner & Company Ltd., Edinburgh, 1925), page 235

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19 April 1744: Dinwiddie, Alexander, merchant, B. and G.B. as second l. son to dec. Laurence D., merchant B. and G.B., gratis, conform to act of council dated 9 Dec. 1742. James R. Anderson, The Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750 (Printed for the Scottish Record Society by J. Skinner & Company Ltd., Edinburgh, 1925), page 452