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Plena Refulget (Shines brightly)
Pitcairn is a local surname derived from lands of that name in the parish of Leslie in Fife, and the family of Pitcairn of Pitcairn was one of the oldest in that county. Their ancestor Piers de Pitcairn swore fealty to Edward I in 1296, and Robert Pitcairn, commendator of Dunfermline, was secretary during the regency and a lord of session from 1568. Later bearers of the name include the physician and poet Archibald Pitcairne and Major John Pitcairn of the marines, killed at Bunker's Hill in 1775.
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View all Pitcairn productsPiers de Pitcairn, the family's ancestor, swears fealty to Edward I[2]
Robert Pitcairn, commendator of Dunfermline, is appointed a lord of session[2]
Archibald Pitcairne is named on the original patent of Edinburgh's royal college of physicians[2]
Carteret names Pitcairn's Island after a son of Major Pitcairn of the marines[4]
Major John Pitcairn of the marines is killed at Bunker's Hill[2]
Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
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Plena Refulget, Latin for 'Shines brightly'.
No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list a Pitcairn chief, and COSCA's own directory entry for Pitcairn also leaves the chief field blank.
From the lands of Pitcairn in the parish of Leslie, Fife; the family of Pitcairn of Pitcairn was one of the oldest in that county.
An officer of the marines of this name, killed in the attack upon Bunker's Hill in 1775.
Captain Philip Carteret of H.M.S. Swallow named it in July 1767, after it was sighted by "a young gentleman, son to Major Pitcairn of the marines".
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