Laurence Dinwiddie, of Germiston

LAURENCE DINWIDDIE OF GERMISTON (aka LAURENCE DINWIDDIES)

Merchant in Glasgow: Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow, 1723-64; Bailie of Glasgow, 1734; Provost of Glasgow, 1742-44

Laurence Dinwiddie of Germiston is the fourth and youngest son of Robert Dinwiddie of Germiston, and his wife, Elizabeth Cumming. He was born before 31 December 1696, the date upon which his baptism was registered at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotlan. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Baptisms, reference OPR.644/1/7]

Burgess and guild brother of Glasgow

Laurence Dinwiddie of Germiston was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 11 September 1723. The town council admitted him in right of him being the fourth son of the deceased Robert Dinwiddie, merchant, burgess and guild brother of Glasgow. James R. Anderson,The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750 (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh,1925), page 369

He is appointed Joint Executor by his bother John

Laurence Dinwiddie and his brother Robert Dinwiddie, together with John Baird, their brother-in-law, were nominated as executors and universal intromitters by their brother John, when he made his last will and testament at Glasgow on 24 February 1725 [National Archives of Scotland, H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, Commissariat Records of Glasgow and Ayr, Register of Testaments, reference CC9/7/52 testament numbered 35]

Baillie of Glasgow, 1734

Laurence Dinwiddie of Germiston was elected as one of the Bailies of Glasgow on 1 October 1734 Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow with Charters and other Documents, VOL. VI, A.D. 1708-38 (Corporation of Glasgow, Glasgow, MDCCCCIX) b Robert Renwick, Depute Town-Clerk, page 428

Provost of Glasgow

Laurence Dinwiddie of Germiston was elected Provost of Glasgow on 5 October 1742 and again on 4 October 1743 Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow with Charters and other Documents, VOL. VI, A.D. 1739-59 (Scottish Burgh Record Society, Glasgow, MCMXI) by Robert Renwick, Depute Town-Clerk, p. 122 xtracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow with Charters and other Documents, VOL. VI, A.D. 1739-59 (Scottish Burgh Record Society, Glasgow, MCMXI) by Robert Renwick, Depute Town-Clerk, p.153

Death

Laurence Dinwiddie died on 3 May 1764 in the 68th year of his age, and left to the poor of the Merchant's House in Glasgow, 200 merks Scots View of the Merchants House of Glasgow Containing Historical Notices of the Origin, Constitution, and Property, and of the Charitable Institutions which it Administers, Presented to the House by Archibald Orr Ewing, Esquire of Ballikinrain, Lord Dean of Guild, 1866 (Printed by Bell & Bain, Glasgow, MDCCCLXVI), page 588

First Marriage

Lawrence Dinwiddie married Janet Coulter. Exhibition Illustrative of Old Glasgow, 1894: pp. 160-61 The marriage was booked on 11 June 1724, at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Marriages, reference OPR.644/1/24]

Children of First Marriage

Second Marriage

Lawrence Dinwiddie married Elizabeth Kennedy. Exhibition Illustrative of Old Glasgow, 1894: pp. 160-61 The marriage was booked on 9 June 1745, at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Marriages, reference OPR.644/1/25]

Children of the Second Marriage

Biographical Summary for Lawrence Dinwiddie of Germiston

Exhibit No. 474. Miniature Lent by Miss Dinwiddie, London. Lawrence Dinwiddie of Germiston. Born, 1697; died, 1746. Virginia merchant. In 1774 his old firm, then Dinwiddie, Crawford & Co., stood fourth in the list of tobacco importers. An original partner in the Glasgow Arms Bank, in the " New Glasgow Tanwork and Shoe and Saddle Factory," and, like his brother the Governor, in the "Pott Work" at Delftfield, near the Broomielaw. Had his town house in the second flat of that great tenement on the north side of the Trongate just east of Hutchesons' Hospital. Bought back Germiston, from which, years before, his elder brother Matthew, being insolvent, had very naturally been evicted. Provost in 1742, 1743. One of " the Six Commissioners " to the Rebels in the '45. Son of Robert Dinwiddie of Germiston, and brother of Governor Robert Dinwiddie (No. 11). Had two wives, Janet Coulter, sister of Provost John Coulter, and Elizabeth Kennedy of Auchtyfardle, who between them bore him twenty - one children (see No. 1609a). One of the twenty- one, Lawrence Dinwiddie, Junior, married Mary Nisbet, who lived till 28th June, 1849. In 1843, just 100 years after her father-in-law's Provostship, Mary Dinwiddie gave to Free St. Enoch's the communion plate still in use. Germiston, which is a 2 merk land of the " Tenandrie " of Provan, is now owned by Provost Dinwiddie's indirect representatives, the Lockharts of Milton Lockhart. Exhibition Illustrative of Old Glasgow, 1894: pp. 160-61

Genealogy

Some Prominent Virginia Families: p. 601