Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff (1600 – c. 1660) was a 17th-century Scottish merchant who twice served as Provost of Edinburgh. He was born in Edinburgh...
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of Dean (1623) Alexander Clerk of Stenton (1625) David Aikinhead (1630) Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff (1634) Adam Hogg (1637) Sir John Hay of Lands...
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Sir Alexander Clerk of Stenton bought the house and its huge estate in 1610. His eldest son styled himself as Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff and extended...
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of Lands as Provost of Edinburgh. He was succeeded in turn in 1640 by Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff. He was knighted in 1641 by King Charles I of England...
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David Aikinhead (category Lord provosts of Edinburgh)
by Clerk's son, Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff. In his second term of office Aikenhead was responsible for major improvements and reorganisation of the...
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Dunfermline (redirect from City of Dunfermline)
Category A listed Pittencrieff House, built around 1610 for Sir William Clerk of Penicuik, was designed as a centre piece. Two of the bedrooms were converted...
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drafting of the Solemn League and Covenant in 1643. In 1643 he succeeded Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The time of this...
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William Miller, Lord Glenlee (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
of Sir Hugh Palliser's appointment at Greenwich Hospital. In 1777 he married his cousin Grizel Chalmers, daughter of George Chalmers of Pittencrieff near...
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Dunbar Castle (category Castles and forts of the Rough Wooing)
Schoffett. Patrick Wemyss of Pittencrieff was captain of the castle in 1542 and spent £100 Scots on repairs. In July 1545 the Earl of Angus mentioned that...
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1903 in Scotland (category Years of the 20th century in Scotland)
railway station. 2 August – Pittencrieff Park is gifted to the people of Dunfermline by Andrew Carnegie. 24 August – opening of Ballachulish branch railway...
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