page_title: Septimus Pitt
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Septimus Pitt / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Rock Cottage, Bamburgh - long view of the house (built by Henry Pitt), where the Pitt family lived, with bamburgh Castle behind
context_page_description: Septimus Albert Pitt was the second City Librarian of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, where he greatly extended the library services.
context_section_description: Septimus Albert Pitt was born on 19 November 1877 in Low Fell, Durham, England, the seventh-born son of Henry Pitt (24 March 1839-20 September 1906), a glass works manager, and Susan Harley (30 July 1839-7 May 1918).  His maternal grandfather, Robert Henry Harley (1803-1875), was a bookseller and stationer.  While his parents originated from Birmingham, they raised their large family (of eight sons and three daughters) in the counties of Durham (in the 1881 census, the family lived at 12 Victoria Terrace, Gateshead) and Northumberland (in the 1891 census, the family lived at Rock Cottage, Bamburgh).
caption: Rock Cottage, Bamburgh - long view
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