Sir James Pitcairn (18 July 1776 – 12 January 1859) was a British physician, who became Director-General of the Medical Department for Ireland.
[1] James Pitcairn was born on 18 July 1776, the eldest son of the Rev Robert Pitcairn, of Brasenose College, Oxford, Vicar of English Combe, Somerset, and Incumbent of Spring Chapel, London.
[1] He graduated MD at Edinburgh, and became house surgeon at St George's Hospital in London.
[1] In 1847 Pitcairn was appointed Director-General of the Medical Department for Ireland, successor to George Renny.
[1][2] Pitcairn married on 24 September 1803, at Cheshunt, Harriet, daughter of Charles Dalbiac and his second wife Ann Le Bas.