Robert Keith Pringle

Robert Keith Pringle
Commissioner for Sind
In office
1847–1851
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded bySir Charles James Napier
Succeeded bySir Henry Bartle Frere
Personal details
Born(1802-03-12)12 March 1802
Died12 January 1897(1897-01-12) (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

  1. ↑ Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords. T. & T. Clark. 1892. p. 927. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. p. 343. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Burke, Bernard (1882). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. p. 1311. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Appointed as first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847