Not to be confused with Sir William Fettes Douglas.
Fettes by William Cuming.Fettes College, Edinburgh
Sir William Fettes, 1st Baronet (/ˈfɛtɪs/; 25 June 1750 – 27 May 1836) was a wealthy Scottish businessman and philanthropist, who left a bequest which led to the foundation of Fettes College, in Edinburgh.
philanthropist, who left a bequest which led to the foundation of Fettes College, in Edinburgh. The Fettes family came from north east Scotland, where the name can...
"Helen Harrison Head of Fettes College". Fettes College. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020. "Letters to Sir WilliamFettes". Fettes College Newsletter...
Christopher Fettes (born 1937), English-born Irish teacher and social activist Ian Dundas Fettes (born 1945), NZ-born genealogist WilliamFettes (1750-1836)...
Scotland and his wife, Martha Brook, grand-niece of Sir WilliamFettes, bart., the founder of Fettes College. On the completion of his education at the High...
WilliamFettes Pitcairn (14 October 1803 – 25 September 1891) was a Scottish theological author. Pitcairn was born in Edinburgh on 14 October 1803, the...
(Calton Hill) standing to the right, is fittingly appropriate. Sir WilliamFettes (1750–1836), a former merchant on the High Street, served as Lord Provost...
des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France The Alchemist, by WilliamFettes Douglas, 1853, oil on canvas, Victoria and Albert Museum, London The...
to parents Martha Brook and James Douglas. His eldest brother was WilliamFettes Douglas. His father was an accountant with the Commercial Bank of Scotland...
Douglas (painter) (1780–1832), Scottish miniature and portrait painter WilliamFettes Douglas (1822–1881), Scottish painter Billy Douglas (musician) (1912–1978)...
Larbert 1800 Sir WilliamFettes 1802 Neil McVicar 1804 Sir WilliamFettes 1808 Donald Smith 1808 William Coulter 1810 William Calder 1811 William Creech 1814...
to national fame and recognition. The founding members were WilliamFettes Douglas, William Crawford, Thomas Faed, John Faed, James Archer and John Ballantyne...
Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford, McWilliam and Walker Gunnis, Rupert. Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1857 McWilliam, Colin (1984). Edinburgh. The Buildings...
Former pupils of Fettes College in Edinburgh are known in some circles as Old Fettesians. They sometimes refer to themselves as "OFs" and can use the post...
Queen Victoria, succeeding Sir Edwin Landseer. In 1882 he replaced Sir WilliamFettes Douglas as Curator of the National Gallery of Scotland. At this time...
Inverleith Community Council. The ground was originally part of Sir WilliamFettes' estate. The original development was a terrace of Georgian town-houses...
(1898–1982), painter William Crozier (1893–1930), landscape painter Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter and teacher Sir WilliamFettes Douglas (1822–1891)...
Lender’ published by Scotland Street Press. WilliamFettes, another Edinburgh businessman, after whom Fettes College is named. List of universities named...
1882–1891: Sir WilliamFettes Douglas 1876–1882: Sir Daniel Macnee 1864–1876: Sir George Harvey 1850–1864: Sir John Watson Gordon 1837–1850: Sir William Allan...
Edinburgh's New Town in a house which had originally been the home of Sir WilliamFettes. On retiral he moved from Charlotte Square to Royal Terrace on Calton...
conveniently linking to the prominent Edinburgh Dundas family Fettes Row - after WilliamFettes, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1804 to 1806 Howe Street – after...
Douglas FRSE DL (1814–1885), Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1859–62 Sir WilliamFettes Douglas (1822–1891), PRSA artist Bishop John Dowden (1840–1910), Bishop...
of Bute, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Sir Joseph Noel Paton, Sir WilliamFettes Douglas, Prof William Turner, Robert Cochran-Patrick, Robert Rowand Anderson, Sir...
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