Joseph Pitcairn (1764–1844) was an American diplomat, landowner and the American consul to the free Hansa city of

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. The town of

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is named in his honour. He married

Lady Edward Fitzgerald Stéphanie Caroline Anne Syms, Lady Edward FitzGerald (9 November 1831) was the wife of Lord Edward FitzGerald, the radical revolutionary and leading Society of United Irishmen, United Irishman, and was herself an enthusiastic supporter of Iris ...

, widow of the

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in 1800. They had a daughter Helen (Born Hamburg 27 April 1803 - Died London 17 April 1896)

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