Background
Pitcairn, Raymond was born on April 18, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Gertrude (Starkey) Pitcairn.
architect lawyer philanthropist
Pitcairn, Raymond was born on April 18, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Gertrude (Starkey) Pitcairn.
Bachelor of Arts, Academy of New Church, 1905. Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1908.
He supervised the building of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral and his own castle-mansion of Glencairn. Pitcairn was also quite politically active. A Republican, he served as one of the delegates to Pennsylvania"s convention to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933, and was one of Pennsylvania"s delegates to the 1956 Republican National Convention.
He was also the national chairman and a major financial supporter of the Sentinels of the Republic, a conservative political group of the 1920s and 1930s which opposed the expansion of federal regulation and the New Deal.
Pitcairn died on July 12, 1966, and was buried at Bryn Athyn Cemetery, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.
Member Bryn Athyn Borough Council. Director Academy of New Church, General Church of the New Jerusalem.
Married Mildred Glenn, December 29, 1910. Children: Nathan, Gabriele (Mistress Willard Doctorate. Pendleton), Karen (Mistress Charles South. Cole, Junior.