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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 1, 2023 at 11:32

Charles  Vickery Drysdale - [This would be Sir William Drysdales grandson] his father was                Charles R.Drysdale , his mother was     Alice Vickery ... the two never married 

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/dr-cha...

Comment by William Douglas on November 1, 2023 at 10:48

I initially thought that Charles Vickery Drysdale might be a descendant, but he appears to have got his middle name from his mother.
Charles Vickery Drysdale - Wikipedia

There are some family details here:
Arthur Thomas Drysdale (deceased) - Genealogy (geni.com)

I think that the two wives of James Vickery Drysdale, Norah and 'N', are one and the same person

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 1, 2023 at 9:54

Source: ''A History of Tobago'' 

 in the contents section -

Governor Shortland's Administration
— Great financial embarrassment — Issue of Treasury bills, redeemed, during
the administration of Governor Drysdale, before they fell due — Successful
working of Responsible Government — Governor Shortland leaves the Island —
The Government administered by the Honourable James Kirk, as senior member
of the Privy Council — The Honourable James H. Keens appointed Administrator
^—Arrival of His Excellency James Vickery Drysdale, Lieutenant-Governor,
on the 8th June, 1857 — Governor Drysdale's administration — The Military
Hospital at Fort King George converted into a Gaol — A Chaplain provided-
Encumbered Estates Act — Franchise Act — The Circuit Appeal Court Act —
The President of the Legislative Council removed — Not wise in a sole Judge
in the Colonies to take any part in politics — Control of the Post-office trans-
ferred to the local government — Post-office Acts, 23rd April, 1860, and 1st
May, 1861 — Governor Drysdale goes to England on leave — Edwin Donald
Baynes appointed Administrator — Governor Drysdale's exertions to procure
liberated Africans as immigrants — They are sent to the Island — Acts applying
to liberated Africans — Stipendiary magistrates — Governor Drysdale returns to
the Island, 26th December, 1860 — Census of the inhabitants.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 1, 2023 at 9:48

james%20Vickery%20Drysdale%20data.pdf

Source:

The Edinburgh Gazette

DOWNING-STREET, December 31, 1850.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir
James Emerson Tennent, Knt. to be Governor of
St Helena.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint
James Vickery Drysdale, Esq. to be Colonial
Secretary, and Robert G. McHugh, Esq. to be Her
Majesty's Treasurer, for the Island of St Lucia.

Comment by William Douglas on October 30, 2023 at 23:34

Thomas Edward Goodman, bom in about 1837, who in 1857 was overseer on his f ather1 s Union Vale estate, and who died on 19 September 1867 and was buried at Soufrière, leaving a widow, Euphémie Drysdale, but no issue

Soufrière cemetery, tombstone inscription ("Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Edward Goodman, Esq , who departed this life on the 19 of September 1867, aged 30 years11 ; the inscription goes on to State that he left a wife, a mother, brothers, sisters and friends). His wife, Euphemie Drysdale, is thought to have been a daughter of James Vickery Drysdale and Euphémie Acquart.
Madame Thomas Goodman, née Drysdale" is mentioned in the will of Anais de Gaillard de Laubenque (wife of J. H. Duray) made in Paris on 30 March 1907; she is said there to "be "actuellement a Londres11

More here:
https://en.geneanet.org/archives/releves/publi/publication/ianstluc...