Notes:

Died:
Died aged 4

George married Ann Lambert Drysdale in Sep 1847. Ann (daughter of Sir William (of Pitteuchar) Drysdale, WS and Elizabeth Pew) was born before 1847; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mother uncertain, but probably Elizabeth

Notes:

Companion the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Alexander Robert Kerr (1770 ? 4 August 1831) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who is best known for his service as captain of the ship of the line HMS Revenge at the Battle of Basque Roads in 1809 and his subsequent involvement in the court-martial of Admiral Lord Gambier which followed. He had earlier in his career fought and been badly wounded at the Action of 31 July 1793 off the coast of New Jersey. Kerr was born in 1770, the son of Robert Kerr, a Royal Navy lieutenant.



Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Sacred to the memory of
Captain ALEXANDER ROBERT KERR, R.N., Companion the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, who died at Stonehouse, Devon, on the 4th August 1831, aged 61 years;
CHARLOTTE MAULE, his wife, died 20th November 1852, aged 70 years;
JESSIE, their eldest daughter, died 17th February 1808, aged 13 months;
MATILDA ANN, third daughter, died 4th September 1835, aged 17 years;
JOHN HUNTER, youngest son, died at Melbourne, Australia, 6th February 1874, aged 53 years;
CHARLES MAULE, second son, died 27th July 1886, aged 74 years;
Admiral ROBERT KERR, eldest son, died at Cheltenham 29th October 1886, aged 80 years;
ANNA MARIA BERESFORD, their youngest daughter, died 12th November 1900, aged 76 years.
Left Pilaster:
JOHN HARRY MAULE, infant son of Charles M. Kerr, Esq., died 31st January i860, aged 10 months;
CHARLIE, the beloved only surviving child of Charles M. Kerr, who died at Manitoba, Canada, on the 11th October 1883, aged 31.
ALEXANDER ROBERT KERR, Lieutenant R.N., died at Malta 30th December 1872, aged 28;
JOHN GEORGE FORMAN KERR, Lieutenant R.N., died at Cheltenham 8th April 1875, aged 26, only sons of Admiral R. Kerr;
CECILIA, his daughter, wife of Captain Fulton, Durham Light Infantry, died at Meerut, India, 12th January 1882;
MARGARET ELIZABETH, wife of Admiral Robert Kerr, died at Cheltenham 27th August 1894, aged 84.
Right Pilaster:
CHARLES WILLIAM MAULE, died 3rd May 1856, aged 4 years, youngest son of Lieutenant G. C. Kerr, R.N.;
CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH, his beloved only daughter, died at Hastings 10th February 1864, 15 years.
Base:
In memory of FRANCIS AITCHISON, Esq., who died 12th June 1860, aged 65 years; also
CECILIA AITCHISON, his widow, eldest daughter of Captain A. R. Kerr, R.N., C.B., died 2nd September 1898, aged 88 years.

Alexander + Charlotte Maule. Charlotte was born about 1782; died on 20 Nov 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died aged 70 years

Notes:

Son of William Drysdale of Pitteuchar, Fife. Born 1776. Died 4th June 1843. Married (1) 30th October 1809, Jane, only daughter of Rev. Alexander Fleming, D.D., Minister of Hamilton; and (2) 7th September 1813, Jane, only child of Thomas Cochrane, M.D., Edinburgh; and (3) 7th November 1820, Elizabeth, daughter of John Pew of Hillowton, Kirkcudbright, and widow of William Copland of Colliston, Dumfriesshire.

WS in 1804, retired 1825
Treasurer City of Edinburgh and advocate of sanitary reform,

Presented the address of congratulations on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Was knighted shortly afterwards.

(Research):William Drysdale and his family lived at4 Frederick Street Edinburgh. He had
three children by his second wife:John James?Thomas Cochrane and Anne
Lambert The second Mrs Drysdale died on 10 Nov?1818?sixmonths aftergiving
birth to ...

Died:
St. Cuthberfs Parish Churchyard, Edinburgh
Sacred to the memory of Sir William Drysdale of Pitteuchar,
Knight, who died on the 4th June 1843,
aged 62 years.

William married Elizabeth Pew on 7 Nov 1820. Elizabeth (daughter of John Pew and Margaret Laurie) was born in 1781; died in 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Drysdale apparently had several stepchildren, as William had five children by two previous wives before their marriage.

She was said to be noted for her interest in literary and scientific thought.

Birth:
Said to be born 1787, but that cannot be correct

Notes:

Town Clerk of Kirkcaldy, and acquired the estate of Pitteuchar, in Kinglassie parish, in the early 1800s. He was succeeded there by his son, Sir William Drysdale (1781-1843)

William married Anne Cunison on 14 Feb 1779. Anne (daughter of James (Sheriff-Clerk of Hamilton) Cunison and Unknown) was born about 1745; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Inherited Jerviston when her other died in the 1830's.

Notes:

of Hillotown, Kirkcudbright

(Research):Who is this?
3rd son of John William Pew , of Hillowtown , Kirkcudbright , and Margaret his wife , dau . of Alexander Lawrie , of Ernespie . Brother of Mary Watson , wife of James Drysdale , q . v . , and of Elizabeth , wife of Sir William Drysdale , of Pitteuchar

John + Margaret Laurie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]