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John Pringle (1796–1831)
John Pringle may refer to: *John Pringle, Lord Haining (c. 1674–1754), Scottish landowner, judge and politician, shire commissioner for Selkirk 1702–07, MP for Selkirkshire 1708–29, Lord of Session *Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707–1782), Scottish physician, and President of the Royal Society *John Pringle (died 1792) (c. 1716–1792), son of Lord Haining, Scottish landowner and politician, MP for Selkirkshire 1765–86 * John Pringle (1796–1831) of Haining, Scottish politician, MP for Lanark Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Lanark Burghs 1819–20 *John James Pringle (1855–1922), British dermatologist *John Kenneth McKenzie Pringle (1925–2006), entrepreneur and Jamaican ambassador *John Pringle (baritone) (born 1938), Australian baritone *John Pringle (geologist) (1877–1948), Scottish geologist *John Abbott Pringle (1892–1962), Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure *John Douglas Pringle (1912–1999), Scottish-Australian journalist *John Quinton Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pringle, Lord Haining
John Pringle, Lord Haining ( – 19 August 1754) was a Scottish people, Scottish lawyer, politician, and judge. His ownership of a large estate near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk secured him a seat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 until the Acts of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707, and then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 until he became a Lord of Session in 1729. Early life Pringle was the second son of Andrew Pringle of Clifton in the Scottish Borders. His mother Violet was a daughter of John Rutherford of Edgerston, Roxburgh. Andrew Pringle had forced the marriage of his oldest son Robert to Andrew's niece Janet Pringle, thereby reuniting Pringle lands which had been divided in a previous generation. This wealth allowed Andrew to educate John at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with an Master of Arts, MA in 1692, and at Utrecht University, Utrecht where he graduated in 1696. He was called to the bar, admitted to the Faculty of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas Pringle
John Martin Douglas Pringle, usually known as John Douglas Pringle (28 June 1912 – 4 December 1999) was a Scottish-born journalist and author who moved in 1952 to Australia, where he became a prominent newspaper editor and social commentator. Early life in the United Kingdom Pringle was born in the town of Hawick, Roxburghshire, not far from the border with England. His father had inherited a part-ownership of Robert Pringle and Sons, a family knitwear business. Between the ages of 14 and 19, Pringle was educated in England at Shrewsbury School, where he received a classical education consisting almost entirely of classes in Latin and Greek. It taught, he said, "the accurate use of words and the ability to concentrate on difficult subjects utit did not stimulate our creative powers (if any) or even our curiosity". He went up to Lincoln College, Oxford, where he took a First in Greats. Early career In August 1934 he joined ''The Manchester Guardian'' (known now simply as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
