Benjamin Pingo (3 February 1749 – 8 July 1794), was a

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and son of

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the engraver. Pingo was baptised on 8 July 1749 in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. He was the son of

and his wife, Mary, daughter of Benjamin Goldwyre of

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.Christopher Eimer, The Pingo Family, British Art Medal Trust, London 1998, p.12-17. His older brother was the engraver,

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. In 1780 Pingo was appointed

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and served in that capacity until 1786. In 1786 he was appointed

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in which capacity he served until his death in 1794. Pingo died in a crush at the Haymarket Theatre on 3 February 1794. He left his manuscripts and works to the College of Heralds.

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