sentences:  He was involved in many public charities and the general welfare of Edinburgh, serving as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1804 to 1806 (two elected sessions).He became a baronet of Whamphrey in the County of Dumfires on 13 June 1804.In 1815, his only son, William Fettes died at the age of 27 of typhoid in Berlin, while on a tour of Europe, .