DINWOODIE, Laurence Merchant Burgess of Glasgow ¹

   Other names for Laurence were DINWIDDIE, Laurence,^{2 3} DINWIDDIE, Lawrence,² DINWIDDIES, Laurence,² DINWODIE, Lawrence,² DINWOODIE, Lourance Merchant ^{4 5} and DUNWOODIES, Lawrence.²

  General Notes:

"LAWRENCE DINWIDDIE (OTHERWISE LAWRENCE DANWOODIE)
Merchant, Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow
Lawrence Dinwiddie was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 22 January 1695. He (must) have been an incomer to Glasgow for he paid the full fee for his burgess ticket. [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] https://archive.org/stream/scottishrecordso43scotuoft#page/235/mode/1up
Death
Lawrence Dinwiddie died before 9 December 1742, the date upon which the burgh council of Glasgow agreed to admit his son Alexander as a burgess and guild brother of the burgh, although he was not enrolled until 19 April 1744 [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] https://archive.org/stream/scottishrecordso43scotuoft#page/452/mode/1up"

from Geni

Between 1691 and 1702 Laurence Dinwiddie was a witness or sponsor at the baptisms of the children of Robert Dinwiddie. Between 1692 and 1705 Robert Dinwiddie was a witness or sponsor at the baptisms of the children of Robert Dinwiddie in the High Church parish of Glasgow, Scotland. ^{6 7}

  Research Notes:

DINWIDDIE OF DINWOODIE

"Dinwoodie is approximately 9 kilometers north of Lockerbie, in hilly country on the east of the River Annan....It is thought that the original Dinwoodies were either Normans who settled in the area with Robert DeBruce, or indigenous Kelts already living there. The earliest mention of a Dinwoodie appears in the record of the first Feudal Court held by William DeBruce, the Lord of Annandale, at his Castle of Lochmaben, in 1191 A.D. Dinwoodie would have been one of the landed nobility who were vassals to DeBruce. This court was held in preparation for the First Crusade. DeBruce, his knights and retainers, accompanied King Richard on this crusade. It is therefore likely that a Dinwoodie was a crusader.
The Dinwoodies were landed nobility until 1620 when Lady Jean Dinwiddie died without an heir. She had previously resigned her position in favor of her husband's family, the Maxwells, and the estate and title passed into their hands."

from Electric Scotland ⁷