Pringle, John

Education

Student United College 1756-1758 s, t. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Perhaps born 25.11.1741 son of Robert Pringle of Edgefield, Senator of the College of Justice and Elizabeth Clerk.

Career

Advocate 1763. Professor of Civil History Edinburgh University 1765 -. Advocate depute and sheriff of Stirling 1780. Sheriff depute, Edinburgh 1790. Principal Clerk of Session 1794. [Lawyer, university professor]

F.R.S.E. 1783.

Death

Died in Edinburgh 14.2.1811.

Sources

  • F.J. Grant, The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1532-1943 (Edinburgh, 1944) (SRS145).