Robert Keith Pringle
Robert Keith Pringle | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner for Sind | |
| In office 1847–1851 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles James Napier |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Bartle Frere |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1802 |
| Died | 12 January 1897 (aged 94) |
Robert Keith Pringle (12 March 1802 – 12 January 1897) was a Scottish civil servant in the Bombay Presidency.
Pringle was educated at the old High School in Edinburgh.
He was one of 11 children — five sons and six daughters — born to Alexander Pringle of Whytbank and Mary, daughter of Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet of Prestonfield.
Sind
He was appointed the first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847. A position he held until 1851.
References
- ↑ Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords. T. & T. Clark. 1892. p. 927. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ Anderson, William (307). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. A. Fullarton & Company. p. 307. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- 1 2 Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. p. 343. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1882). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. p. 1311. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ Appointed as first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847
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