William Pittman Lett information

William Pittman Lett
William Pittman Lett
Algonquin Honorary Chief Wah Bae Mimi (White Dove)
	Age 51, April 1870, Ottawa (Topley Studio / Library And Archives Canada)
Born	1819, Duncannon, Ireland, Wesleyan Methodist
Died	1892, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Burial place	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, section 34, lot 28 NW
Nationality	Irish Canadian
Occupation(s)	Journalist, bureaucrat
Employer(s)	First city clerk and a founding father of the City of Ottawa, 1855–1891
Known for	19th-century commentator and poet, theatre pioneer, naturalist and sportsman
Political party	Tory
Movement	Orangeman, Master Mason, Freemason, Militia captain (Fourth Battalion, Richmond Volunteer Military Company)
Spouse	Maria Hinton (1828–1881 accidental death)
Children	Andrews John (1854), Joseph Benjamin Havelock (1857), William Pittman (1859–1933), Frederick Piercy Austin (1863–1898), Norman Harold Hinton (1865–1940), Robert Chamberlain Westover (1870–1957), Rebecca (1852–1883), Anna Eliza (1861–1946), Maria Dulcibella (1867–1930)
Parents	Captain Andrews Lett (28th Cameronian Regiment of Foot) (1783–1824) (father); Rebecca Lett (mother);
Awards	Bronze Medal for Bravery, Royal Humane Society, 18 July 1881
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William Pittman Lett (12 August 1819 – 15 August 1892) was an Irish Canadian journalist, bureaucrat and poet.^[1] He arrived in Upper Canada as a 10-month-old baby in the family of Captain Andrews Lett, a veteran of the 28th Cameronian Regiment of Foot and a pioneer of the settlement of Richmond. A journalist for the Orange Order, a Tory and loyal to the British Crown, William Pittman was a founding father and chronicler of Bytown, subsequently the City of Ottawa, and its first and longest-serving civic clerk (1855–1891). He promoted theatre in Ottawa and its learned societies and was a prolific commentator and poet of public affairs throughout the second half of the 19th century.^[2]

^ Ottawa Journal – 15 August 1892 – Death of W.P. Lett – After a Long Illness The Late City Clerk Fades Away – A Sketch of His Life and Career – A Man Who was Universally Liked and Respected, and Who did Good Service to Ottawa viewable on https://www.ancestry.ca search William Pittman Lett, obituary
^ Cook, Bryan D. Introducing William Pittman Lett, Ottawa's First City Clerk and Bard 1819–1982, April 2015, ISBN 978-1-771363-42-6 pp. 412.

[1] Ottawa Journal – 15 August 1892 – Death of W.P. Lett – After a Long Illness The Late City Clerk Fades Away – A Sketch of His Life and Career – A Man Who was Universally Liked and Respected, and Who did Good Service to Ottawa viewable on https://www.ancestry.ca search William Pittman Lett, obituary

[2] Cook, Bryan D. Introducing William Pittman Lett, Ottawa's First City Clerk and Bard 1819–1982, April 2015, ISBN 978-1-771363-42-6 pp. 412.

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William Pittman Lett
Algonquin Honorary Chief Wah Bae Mimi (White Dove)
Age 51, April 1870, Ottawa (Topley Studio / Library And Archives Canada)
Born	1819, Duncannon, Ireland, Wesleyan Methodist
Died	1892, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Burial place	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, section 34, lot 28 NW
Nationality	Irish Canadian
Occupation(s)	Journalist, bureaucrat
Employer(s)	First city clerk and a founding father of the City of Ottawa, 1855–1891
Known for	19th-century commentator and poet, theatre pioneer, naturalist and sportsman
Political party	Tory
Movement	Orangeman, Master Mason, Freemason, Militia captain (Fourth Battalion, Richmond Volunteer Military Company)
Spouse	Maria Hinton (1828–1881 accidental death)
Children	Andrews John (1854), Joseph Benjamin Havelock (1857), William Pittman (1859–1933), Frederick Piercy Austin (1863–1898), Norman Harold Hinton (1865–1940), Robert Chamberlain Westover (1870–1957), Rebecca (1852–1883), Anna Eliza (1861–1946), Maria Dulcibella (1867–1930)
Parents	Captain Andrews Lett (28th Cameronian Regiment of Foot) (1783–1824) (father) Rebecca Lett (mother)
Awards	Bronze Medal for Bravery, Royal Humane Society, 18 July 1881
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