Robert Darlow Pring (29 January 1853
– 14 August 1922) was an Australian lawyer,
judge
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of the
Supreme Court of New South Wales
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from 1902 to 1922.
History
Pring, the second son of
John Pring
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and Fanny Florence Jessie Pring, previously of Crowther Estate, near
Young
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, was born at his father's station "Mangoplah" station
[ near ]Wagga Wagga
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, and educated at Macquarie Fields
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, followed by King's School, Parramatta, and the University of Sydney
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, where he took his MA. He was called to the Bar
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in 1874, and was appointed a puisne judge
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of the NSW Supreme Court in 1902, after acting in the position for six months.[
Pring died at "Cambewarra ", a private hospital in ]Leura
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, after an illness of nearly six months. His remains were interred at the Church of England
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Cemetery, Rookwood.
References
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1853 births
1922 deaths
Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
People educated at The King's School, Parramatta