Family and Education
b. ?1771, 1st s. of Lt.-Col. Henry Pringle of 51 Ft. and Mary, da. of Rev. William Godley, DD, of Dublin. educ. by Rev. Richard Norris, Drogheda; Trinity, Dublin 16 May 1789, aged 17. m. 20 May 1806, Gent. Mag. (1806), i. 477. Hester Harriet Pitt, da. and h. of Hon. Edward James Eliot† of Bromfield, Clapham, Surr., 1s. 4da. suc. fa. 1800; KCB 2 Jan. 1815; GCB 19 Dec. 1834. d. 23 Dec. 1840.
Offices Held
Cornet 16 Drag. 1792, lt. 1793; capt. Ind. Ft. 1794; maj. 111 Ft. 1794; lt.-col. 4 Ft. 1799; capt. and lt.-col. 2 Ft. Gds. 1802; col. army and inspecting field officer of militia in Canada 1809; maj.-gen. 1812; on staff of Peninsular army 1812; col. R. Newfoundland fencibles 1814; col. 64 Ft. 1816; lt.-gen. 1825; col. 45 Ft. 1838 – d.
Main residence: 17 Stratford Place, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
PRINGLE, Sir William Henry (?1771-1840)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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