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| Pittencrief House |
Twenty-five miles from Edinburgh, is the town of Dunfermline, Fife. This ancient capital of Scotland,can be reached travelling from Edinburgh by road and rail via the Forth Bridges.
Over the next few weeks I'm going to feature in my blog, some fascinating people that were born or took up residence here throughout the centuries.
It is a large town steeped in history and its historical past has a place not only in the history of Scotland, but the UK, Europe and the US.
I made the short trip from my home this week to take photographs and familiarize myself again with the town I used to work in.
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| Pittencrief Park |
My journey started in Pittencrief Park, in Pittencrief House to be exact. The house built by Sir Alexander Clerk is now a museum and the surrounding estate is now parkland open to the public. But in the 18th Century this beautiful house and estate was home to Lt Colonel John Forbes, his wife Elizabeth Graham and was the birthplace of their son Brigadier General John Forbes.
Now if you don't know who Brigadier General John Forbes is; he is the man that put the Pitt into Pittsburgh.
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| The gardens that are part of Pittencrief Park |
Towards the end of the Seven Year War (The French and Indian War), on the orders passed down from the British, Secretary of State, William Pitt; Forbes set off on an expedition to capture Fort Duquesne, Pennsylvania from the French. He succeeded in his mission and he renamed the fort, Fort Pitt as well as naming and establishing the now city of Pittsburgh.
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| The Forbes Marker |
Not bad for a boy from the Kingdom of Fife.
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| The Story behind the marker |
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