About Joseph Pitcairn
Lived 1764 – 1844 (aged 79–80). Joseph Pitcairn was a diplomat.
Joseph Pitcairn (1764–1844) was an American diplomat, landowner and the American consul to the free Hansa city of Hamburg. The town of Pitcairn in New York State is named in his honour.
He married Lady Edward Fitzgerald, widow of the Irish Republican Lord Edward Fitzgerald in 1800.
They had a daughter Helen (Born Hamburg 27 April 1803 - Died London 17 April 1896)
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American diplomat
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Joseph Pitcairn was born in 1764.
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Joseph Pitcairn died in 1844.
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Joseph Pitcairn was a diplomat.
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