William Fettes Pitcairn (14 October 1803 – 25 September 1891) was a Scottish theological author.
Life
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Pitcairn was born in Edinburgh on 14 October 1803, the son of Alexander Pitcairn (1746–1819), a wealthy merchant, by his second wife, Jane Trotter. He was first cousin to Robert Pitcairn.[1] The family lived at 4 Forth Street, then a newly built Georgian townhouse in the eastern part of Edinburgh's New Town (still existing but somewhat altered).[2]
He appears to have trained as a lawyer. He lived much of his life with his parents but by 1860 is living independently at 19 Forth Street, a few doors from his family home.[3]
He died on 25 September 1891 at his home 30 York Place in Edinburgh's New Town[4][5]
Pitcairn is buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street.[6] He lies on a main dividing wall within the churchyard, to the north-west of the church, with his grandfather Alexander Pitcairn.
Publications
edit- Selection of Homilies (1849)
- Pastoral Letter, Easter (various years)
- The Passion and Resurrection of the Lord (1867)[7]
- The Catholic Apostolic Church (1874)
References
edit- ^ "Family branch Perthshire sheet 2" (PDF). Royal Dunfermline.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1804-5
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Ditrectory 1860–61
- ^ The London Gazette, 26 February 1876
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1890–91
- ^ Smith, John (1915). Balfour Paul, Sir James (ed.). Monumental Inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh [Older Portion] (PDF). Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society.
- ^ "Collection: Catholic Apostolic Church Records | Archives at Yale". Drs.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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