Joseph Pitcairn
American diplomat
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| Intro | American diplomat | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Diplomat | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1764 | |
| Death | 1844 (aged 80 years) |
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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.