Searched high and low - and then found the link with James Cuniston, Sheriff-Clerk of Lanarkshire in my own library!  From the 'Lost Mansions of Lanarkshire', by Dan Sweeney

Jerviston.pdf

The Drysdale/Wharrie connection
https://historic-hamilton.co.uk/tag/major-james-drysdale/ 

Major James Drysdale is the son of William Drysdale of Pitteuchar and Anne Cunison, daughter of the Sheriff-Clerk of Hamilton

On a visit to Cambuskenneth, a ruined Augustinian monastery located on an area of land enclosed by a meander of the River Forth near Stirling in Scotland, I found a Drysdale grave marker is the small cemetery attached to the abbey. 

in re : James Drysdale  once Provost of Bridge of Allan , in William Drysdales book Auld Biggins of Sterling there are a few old photos of Bridge of Allen. 

Drysdales in South America

http://sabrits.co.uk/D.php 

Photos of sign and windmill  courtesy of Francisco Dean, location Argentina  

Drysdales in South America

http://www.argbrit.org/Saudades/Saudades.htm

 Ctrl+F search Drysdale 

 In re  the photo labeled ''A Drysdale family in Batavia'' Ben Franken states ....I don't know any professions... Thomas [Conrad] Drysdale (foreground in chair, great-grandfather)  End of May 1930, upon request, due to physical
aptitude, with  honor and with claim to retirement from the national service, Th. C. Drijsdale, civil servant on social assistance, most recently
Clerk at the department Compatibility
regional office in Jemarang.

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New entry on Wikipedia: William Drysdale, cricketer   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Drysdale

 Very interesting Robert Wang , However , When you run across someone  Douglas or Drysdale who can connect to that document with actual genealogy  please do let me and others know .

Thank you, Robert.

I would be very happy if you were to take forward the proposed DNA project.

William

Grade A pipers with their trophies awarded by Norman Maclean in 2006
L-R: George Stewart, Norman MacLean, Nathan Drysdale, Glenn Ross.

Colonel Drysdale of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders had his portrait painted by Hermann Schmiechen (1855–1895).
It hangs in Dumbarton Castle, not a million miles from where I live.
I will try to visit when that is allowed to find out more.

The Admiralty yesterday [August 1950] issued the following statement:

"A small Royal Marine Commando Unit under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. Drysdale, R.M., is being formed for very early dispatch by air to the Far East for service in Korea. This is in addition to the Royal Marine Commando Brigade in Malaya, which
will continue operations. For reasons of operational security, it is not desirable to publicise the size and composition, or the times of departure and arrival of this unit."

Lieutenant-Colonel Drysdale, M.B.E., R.M., who is 33, joined the
battle cruiser Renown at the outbreak of war and subsequently served
as a Captain with 101 R.M. Brigade. In 1943 he was appointed
Brigade Major to the Third Commando Brigade in Burma. Two years
later he was appointed to the command of 44 Commando. Promoted
Major in December, 1949, he became chief instructor at the R.M.
Officers' School at Plymouth last January.

© The Times, 22nd August 1950

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/collec...  [photo by William Douglas]

Dunfermline Abbey grave markers
1_new_ground__database.pdf (dunfermlineheritage.org) 

It is possible to find quite a few early Drysdales in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland in the period 1480-1513, this was first pointed out in the 1989 edition of the Clan Douglas Association of Australia Newsletter in a very good article by Neil M D Ewins.

The Exchequer rolls are available for download on the Internet Archive website and I've extracted the data I've found there:

The Exchequer rolls of Scotland  1480-1487 Vol 9

Drummy  (Drumme)  in  Tullicultre  let  to John  Drisdale  and  others,  569,  601 

Drysdale  (Drisdale,  Dryisdale),  Andrew, tenant  of  Hervyisdawac,  569,  602,  635.

Drysdale Janet,  tenant  of  Coschnachtan  and  Hervyisdawak,  569  ; of  Eliotisdawac, dead,  602.

Drysdale John,  son  of  Maurice,  tenant  of Drummy,  569,  601

Drysdale,  John,  junior,  tenant  of  Drummy, 569,  601.

Drysdale John,  tenant  of  Schanach,  635.

Drysdale Margaret,  tenant  of  Schanach,  635.

Drysdale Robert,  tenant  of  Eliotisdawac,  569,602,  635

The Exchequer rolls of Scotland 1488-1496 Vol 10

Drivisdale  (c/.  Drysdale),  mill  of,  let  to William  Bell  of  Aikin,  655.

Tillicoultry

Drysdale,  Andrew,  his  widow  tenant  of Hervisdawak,  668;  died,  733.

Drysdale David,  tenant  of  Coschnachtain,  668, 733.

Drysdale Isabel,  widow  of  John  Proudy, tenant  of  Hervisdawak,  733.

Drysdale John,  tenant  of  Drummy  and  Schan-nach,  668,  733,  758.

Drysdale John,  son  of  Andrew,  tenant  of Hervisdawak,  733.

Drysdale John,  son  of  Robert,  tenant  of Ellokisdawak  with  his  father,  668,  733, 758.

Drysdale Robert,  tenant  of  Ellokisdawak  with John  his  son,  668,  773,  758.

Drysdale Robert,  tenant  of  Drummy  and Schannach,  668,  733,  758.

The Exchequer rolls of Scotland 1497-1501 vol 11

Dryisdale,  Cuthbert,  tenant  of  Coischnach- tane,  411.

Drysdale John,  tenant  of  Drummy,  411;  of Hervyisdawak,  412.

Drysdale Robert,  tenant  of  Elokisdawak,  412.

Drysdale Thomas,  tenant  of  Drumniy,  411.

The Exchequer rolls of Scotland  1502-1507  Vol 12

Dryisdale  (Drisdale),  Cuthbert,  tenant  of Cosnauchtane,  639,  681.

Drysdale John,  son  of  Robert,  tenant  of Ellokkis  Dawok,  639;  do., 

in  place  of  his late  father,  681;  tenant  of  Herwisdawik and  Drummy,  639,  681.

Drysdale Robert,  tenant  of  Ellokkis  Dawok, dead,  639.

Drysdale Thomas,  tenant  of  Drummy,  639,681.

The Exchequer rolls of Scotland  1508-1513  Vol 13

Dryisdale,  Cuthbert,  tenant  of  Coschnauch- tane,  641.

Drysdale John,  tenant  of  Drummy,  641  ; of Ellokis  Dawok,  641;  of  Herwist  Dawok, 641.

Drysdale Thomas,  tenant  of  Drummy,  641.

The CDAA newsletters about the Drysdale family can be found here:

http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/CDAA&CDSA/CDAA_newslett... 

Mary Queen of Scots first visited Lochleven Castle in 1561 as a guest of its owner, Sir William Douglas. Her last stay, in 1567–8, was as his prisoner.

A link between John Drysdale & Sir William Douglas of Lochleven, dated 1569, following Mary's imprisonment there, has been been copied from the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland vol 20 1568-1579 and is shown below:

Two early Drysdales of note:

Sir Andrew Drysdale , Chaplain, St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle, 1559

Thomas Drysdale Islay Herald at King Charles 1 Coronation 1630

Hi. In the story of the creation of the Drysdale family, it is said that the 3 brothers took shelter beneath the Ochil Hills. The locations of Alva, Tillicoultry, and Dollar within the county of Clackmannan are situated consecutively from west to east beneath the Ochil Hills. The total number of Drysdales from census data in various locations within the counties of Clackmannan and Fife are described below.

Some references to the name Drysdale in Historical Records, Books etc. 1490-1650

James Drivissdale Culross

James Drysdale Lochleven

Andrew Drysdale, Clackmannanshire

Achilles Drysdale & David Drysdale of Drymen

John Drysdale of Tillicoultry

John Drysdale, Clackmannanshire

William Drysdale,  Black Barony

James Drysdaill, Leith, Cowsogall

James Drysdaill, Alva, Clackmannanshire

30-5-1555 Charter at Edinburgh - Link between John Drysdale, William Douglas of Lochleven & Mary Queen of Scots.

Page 1

Page 2

Some addditional references to Thomas Drysdaill the Islay-Herald, Also Bessie Hunter, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia & Sir Johne Campbell.

After an extensive records search for people with the name Drysdale (before the year 1600) I've managed to come up with a fairly comprehensive list of just under one hundred people, mostly in Clackmannanshire and Fife, and, as far as I can tell, these represent the totality of the known Drysdale 'Clan' in that era  - see picture below and attached pdf file:

and the pdf file:

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Of course there must have been a number of other Drysdales living in Scotland during this period, but as yet, no reference or source material has been found to indicate their existence. 

Thanks Robert,  

Referring to your earlier post on Drysdales in Clackmannanshire in the 1841,1881 and 1921 census, I also did a records search on Drysdale births on the 'Scotlandspeople', 'Find my past' and 'Freereg' websites for the period 1600-1650 and this shows the family name very much concentrated in the Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh and Fife regions in Scotland:

I did a search of the Douglas Archives for:
Last Name contains Drysdale AND Birth Year less than 1600 AND Tree equals My Genealogy

and found only five named:
http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/search.php?mybool=AND&nr...

William

William , on Douglas Archives my genealogy -a year or so ago I  looked and found none listed prior 1503.

Skirmish at Drumlanrig and the burning of Dryfesdale

Some references to the Lands and Barony of Dryfesdale, in the period 1100 - 1580:

The Church
Robert de Brus
Ingebald
De Bois
Crichton
Patrick Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
Carruthers

Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell

See attached pdf

The%20Lands%20and%20Barony%20of%20Dryfesdale%20for%20pdf.pdf

Scottish Heraldry and Thomas Drysdale, the Islay Herald

Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount (c.1486 – c.1555) was a Scottish knight, poet, and herald who gained the highest heraldic office of Lyon King of Arms.
In 1542, he produced a Scottish roll of arms known today as the Lindsay of the Mount Roll.

It contains 400 Scottish coats of arms, some of which were added later in the 16th century, and forms the basis of the official Scots heraldic registry in use today.

Another copy of the facsimile comprising accurate redrawing of his own drawings was published in Edinburgh in 1878.

https://electricscotland.com/heraldry/facsimileofancientheraldic.pdf

Plate 64 shows the arms of Lord Boyis of Dryvisdaill of auld.

The content of the book and register of arms was approved by the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council at Holyroodhouse on 9th December 1630. Signed by Sir James Balfour Lyone and Thomas Drysdaill, the Islay Herald

James Dryisdaill's birth on 4th November 1573 to parents Jhone Dryisdaill & Margaret Duglas at Dunfermline - ScotlandsPeople website

November 1573
- The 4 day Jhone Dryisdaill had a man child born to him of his wyf Margaret Duglas baptised and called James.

Douglas of Lochleven & James Drysdale

Reference  -  A series of Ancient Charters of the Earldom of Morton - The Bannatyne Club

4 July 1566: Pardon from Henry and Mary Queen of Scots to William Douglas of Lochleven and four others including Jacobus [James] Drysdaill for their earlier support for the Earl of Morton

Source plus transcription also attached as pdf

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James Drysdale, the trusted servant of William Douglas of Lochlevin, had a family

It would appear that James Drysdale, who was singled out for harsh words in a letter by Mary Queen of Scots in 1568/9 for saying he would like to put a sword to her heart, had a life outside Lochleven Castle.

The 18-4-1565 birth record of one Kirsten Drysdeill states:

"The 18th day James Drysdeill had a woman chyld born in fornication of Margaret Donaldson alias Whyt Wyndo baptizit and callit Kirsten." - Lochlevin in margin.

So he was a bit of a rascal in his private life also!

A copy of the Scotlandspeople image of this record is copied below:

Old road above Bridge of Allan , now a footpath.

Excellent photo Russell Lynn!

Old boys network

Ref: Roll of Canongate Burgesses – Edinburgh - 1622 to 1733

William Drysdale was entered onto the Roll of Canongate Burgesses on 7th August 1673 at the request of Lieut Joseph Douglas, who was himself entered on the Roll on 27th May 1669

Sir Matthew Watt Drysdale with HM Queen:
https://www.alamy.com/the-queen-at-lloyds-the-queen-wearing-a-gown-...

Some light reading, perhaps?

“Madam,” said old Dryfesdale the steward, “this much do I say for this silly page, that he could not be accessary to unlocking the doors, since I myself this night bolted him out of the castle. Whoever limned this night-piece, the lad's share in it seems to have been small.”

“Thou liest, Dryfesdale,” said the Lady, “and wouldst throw the blame on thy master's house, to save the worthless life of a gipsy boy.”

Extract from 'The Abbot', by Sir Walter Scott

Some further light reading about (Jasper Dryfesdale) James Drysdale & Mary Queen of Scots:

While Scott's 'The Abbott' was supposed to be a work of fiction (but based on historical fact) Henry Glassford Bell's account of James Drysdale in the 'Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2, published around the same time as The Abbott, was allegedly factual but appears to have been a highly opinionated & slightly malicious hit job (based on the paucity of evidence at his disposal)

.....Margaret Erskine, the Lady of Loch-Leven, and widow of Sir Robert Douglas, who fell at the battle of Pinkie one-and-twenty years before, was a woman of a proud temper and austere disposition. Soured by early disappointment, for, previous to her marriage with Sir Robert, she had been one of the rejected mistresses of James V., she chose to indulge her more malignant nature in continually exalting her illegitimate offspring the Earl of Murray above his lawful Queen, now her prisoner.
Her servants, of course, took their tone from their mistress; and there was one in particular, named James Drysdale, who held a place of some authority in her household, and who, having had some concern in the murder of Rizzio, and being a bigoted and unprincipled fanatic, entertained the most deadly hatred against Mary, and had been heard to declare, that it would give him pleasure to plunge a dagger into her heart’s blood. This savage probably succeeded in spreading similar sentiments among the other domestics; and thus the Queen’s very life seemed to hang upon the prejudices and caprices of menials........

I dont recall seeing this before...
But probably have!
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127413994/william-drysdale 

I have sugested an edit in that if he was 62 at date of death he could not have been born in 1776

Drysdale war casualties

CasualtySearch_12_08_2024_05.csv

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8523

4149 Private James Drysdale, 1st Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's). Deployed with his battlion to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Orcana about 27 Oct 1899, and arrived at the Cape about 18 Nov 1899. Along with the 2nd Black Watch, 1st Highland Light Infantry, and 2nd Seaforths, they formed the 3rd or Highland Brigade under Major General Wauchope. On arrival they joined the Kimberley Relief Force under Major General Lord Methuen, who with three brigades were on their way to raise the Boer siege of Kimberley. He would have fought at the battles of Modder River and Magersfontein leading to the relief of Kimberley, and the battle of Paardeberg 18-27 Feb 1900 and the capture of Bloemfontein and advance towards Heilbron (South of Johannesburg). Died of disease in No 38 Stationary Hospital, Rustenburg. He is also commemorated on the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Boer War memorial at Stirling Castle, The Castle Esplanade, Stirling, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/116930).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211155208/j-drysdale

The origins and some biographies can be found in this newsletter:
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/CDAA&CDSA/CDAA%20Newsl... 

Hi william,

Your link to the Clan Douglas Association of Australia newsletter of 1987 is quite interesting in that it reveals yet another slight variation to the 1503 story. In all I have found three CDAA newsletters with the 1503 story:

CDAA Newsletter 2 - 1987 - entitled Know your roots "The origin of Drysdale"
CDAA Newsletter 8 - 1989 - entitled Septs "The Drysdale Family"
CDAA Newsletter 87 - 2010 - entitled "THE ORIGIN OF DRYSDALE - A SEPT OF CLAN DOUGLAS" - this is an identical copy of that printed in Newsletter 2

The text in Newsletters 2 & 8 differs slightly and gives an indication as to why there are so many slightly different variants of this story:

Newsletter 2 says the story was copied by four people (presumably by hand) and then first printed in 1858 and again in the same form in 1863, 1941 and 1970

Newsletter 8 again says it was copied by four people (presumably by hand) and then printed in 1841, 1870, 1881, 1892 & 1938 (giving possible variations) and copied in 1987

Relevant text;

CDAA Newsletter 2 - 1987

Copied.......First by Simon Drysdale of the Haugh of Dollar in the vear 1620; by Robert Drysdale of Tillecoultry AD 1708, by John Drysdale, Dumfermline, 1835; by James Hogg Drysdale, Dunfermline 1858 and printed first in the year 1858 by John Drysdale, Montrose, again in same form by the last named John Drysdale of Glasgow 1863,and by Henry Dron Drysdale of Haddington in 1941, and lastly by Donald Douglas of Morven, Queensland, Australia in 1970......

CDAA Newsletter 8 - 1989

Copied .......first by Symon Drysdale of the Haugh of Dollar, 1620; by Robert Drysdale, Tillicoultry, 1708; by John Drysdale, Dunfermline, 1835; by James Drysdale, Dunfermline, 1838; printed by John Drysdale, Montrose, 1841; printed by William Drysdale, Alva, 1870; printed for Robert Drysdale, Tillicoultry, 1881; printed for David Drysdale, Warwick Lodge, Brixton, London, 1892; printed for Alexander Drysdale, Alloa, 1938; and copied by Neil M. Douglas Ewins in 1987 a descendant of David Drysdale, tailor in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, and Janet McGregor
(married 5th January, 1800, Clackmannan)........

With regard to the Origins of the name Drysdale, you may be interested to note that I've just about finished modifying the Familysearch worldwide family tree to reflect the Dumfriesshire (Ingebald) origins of the Tillicoultry, Staffordshire and Yorkshire Drysdales (plus the odd Drysdale families cropping up in Annandale and England in 1500s) and the Douglas origins of the Drysdales in Dollar. The Ingebald and Douglas family lines lead (in theory) to the totality of the Drysdales that are found today - it's about a 50/50 split.

Based on my family lines in the 'Tree' I am related to Ingebald through the Tillicoultry Drysdales & I am also related to the Douglas Brothers though the Dollar Drysdales (James Drysdale of Lochleven fame was my 13th Great Grandfather!)

Best regards