Joseph Pitcairn - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Joseph Pitcairn was an American diplomat, landowner and the American consul to the free Hansa

Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...

city of Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

. The town of Pitcairn

Pitcairn, New York

Pitcairn is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 783 at the 2000 census. The name is from that of Joseph Pitcairn, an early landowner and diplomat....

in New York State is named in his honour.

He married Lady Edward Fitzgerald

Lady Edward FitzGerald

Lady Edward FitzGerald was married to Lord Edward FitzGerald, and was an enthusiastic supporter of Irish independence, scarcely less celebrated at the time than Lord Edward himself.-Background:...

, widow of the Irish Republican

Irish Republicanism

Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

Lord Edward Fitzgerald

Lord Edward FitzGerald

Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. He was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster , he was born at Carton House, near Dublin, and died of wounds received in resisting arrest on charge of treason.-Early years:FitzGerald spent most of his...

in 1800.

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