PRINGLE, John (c.1674-1754), of The Haining, Selkirk.

Family and Education

b. c. 1674, 2nd s. of Andrew Pringle of Clifton by Violet, da. of John Rutherford of Edgerston, Roxburgh. educ. Edinburgh Univ., MA 1692, ?Utrecht, 1696, adv. 1698. m. 22 Nov. 1713 (with 18,000 merks) Ann, da. of Sir James Murray, MP [S], of Philliphaugh, Selkirk, Ld. Philliphaugh SCJ, ld. clerk register [S], sis. of John Murray† of Philliphaugh, 3s. 3da. Styled Ld. Haining, 1729–; d. Hist. Scot. Parl. 573; Burke, LG (1855), 980; A. Pringle, Recs. of Pringles, 173–4; Edinburgh Graduates, 144; Album Studiosum Academiae Rehno-Tractiniae, col. 96; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxvi. 174; xxxv. 437; Brunton and Haig, Senators Coll. Justice, 502.

Offices Held

MP [S] Selkirkshire 1702–7.

Commr. Equivalent [S] 1707– 13 Jan. 1715; jt. keeper of the signet [S] 1711–13; ld. of session 1729–d. Brunton and Haig, 502; CJ, xv. 419.

Burgess, Ayr 1709, Edinburgh 1735; councillor, Selkirk 1724–42. Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 4 Oct. 1709; T. Craig Brown, Hist. of Selkirkshire, ii. 309; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 164.

Parlimentarian

PRINGLE, John (c.1674-1754), of Haining, Selkirk.

Main residence: The Haining, Selkirk.

Author

D.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

PRINGLE, John (c.1674-1754)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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