Major Francis Halkett
MAJOR FRANCIS HALKETT, a Captain in Halkett’s Foot in 1751, and later a Major in the Black Watch, and in November 1758, then a Major and Aide de Camp to General Forbes, expedition that captured Fort Dequesne, he located the skeletons of his father and brother, on the battlefield of the 1755 massacre, and participated in their burial with an appropriate military funeral. Pennsylvania artist Robert Griffith immortalized the depiction of Major Francis's discovery of his father and brother's remains in his painting - "The Reunion." Francis Halkett, was designated “of Pitfirrane” after his father’s death, and served as Provost of Dunfermline (1758-1759). After his Father's death he was designated "of Pitfirrane" and was unofficially recognized as the Halkett of Pitfirrane, due to his brother's `infirmity of mind`. He was a friend and correspondent of George Washington. He died unmarried in Naples in November 1760.
b. 21 June 1705
