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Robert Pringle (journalist)
Robert Pringle may refer to: * Robert Pringle (1798–1842) (1798–1842), British Army officer and politician * Robert Pringle (footballer) (1897–19??), English footballer * Sir Robert Pringle, 1st Baronet (died c. 1700) of the Pringle baronets * Robert Pringle (politician) (died 1736), British member of parliament and Secretary at War in 1718 * Robert Abercrombie Pringle (1855–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician * Robert Pringle (British Army officer) (1855–1925), British Army veterinary officer * Robert Pringle (poet) (born 1940), American poet * Robert William Pringle (1920–1996) Scottish physicist * Robert Maxwell Pringle (born 1936), American ambassador to Mali * Robert Keith Pringle, Scottish civil servant * Robert C. Pringle (tug), American tugboat * Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield (c.1700–1764), Scottish judge * Bob Pringle (politician) (born 1946), Canadian politician * Bob Pringle (golfer) (1851–1902), Scottish golfer * Bob Pringle (trade unionist) B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pringle (1798–1842)
Robert Pringle (1798 – 15 December 1842) was a British Army officer and politician. Pringle lived at Clifton Park in Roxburghshire. He served in 7th Queen's Own Hussars in the British Army, becoming a captain. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood as a Whig (British political party), Whig in Selkirkshire (UK Parliament constituency), Selkirkshire. He won the seat, becoming the fifth generation of his family to represent the county. In Parliament, he argued against monopolies and sinecures. He stood for re-election at the 1835 UK general election, but was defeated, and failed to regain the seat at the 1837 UK general election. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pringle (footballer)
Robert Pringle (born 1897) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. Career Born in Stockton, Pringle joined Bradford City from Middlesbrough in August 1922.Frost, p. 405 He made 31 league appearances for the club,Frost, p. 387 before moving to Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ... in July 1924. Sources * References 1897 births Year of death missing English men's footballers Middlesbrough F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Stockton-on-Tees {{England-footy-defender-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pringle Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Scottish Pringle family, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. As of , one creation is extant. The Pringle Baronetcy, of Stichill in the County of Roxburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 5 January 1683 for Robert Pringle. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Berwickshire. The Pringle Baronetcy, of Pall Mall, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 5 June 1766 for the physician John Pringle. He was the youngest son of the second Baronet of the 1673 creation. The title became extinct on his death in 1782. Pringle baronets, of Stichill (1683) *Sir Robert Pringle, 1st Baronet (died ) *Sir John James Pringle, 2nd Baronet (1662–1721) *Sir Robert Pringle, 3rd Baronet (1690–1779) *Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet (1726–1809) *Sir John Pringle, 5th Baronet (1784–1869) *Sir Norman Pringle, 6th Baronet (1787–1870) *Sir Norman William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pringle (politician)
Robert Pringle (died 1736) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. Life He was the third son of Sir Robert Pringle, 1st Baronet, of Stitchel, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall, a lord of session; and a younger brother of Sir Walter Pringle of Lochton, Lord Newhall. After studying at the University of Leyden, which he entered 19 November 1687, he took service under William, Prince of Orange, with whom he went over to England at the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Pringle was in practice as an attorney, and was then appointed under-secretary of state for Scotland in 1695. In this capacity he attended King William in his campaigns abroad. On 18 May 1718 Pringle was appointed Secretary at War, and he held that office until 24 December. Subsequently he became registrar-general of the shipping. Pringle died at Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Abercrombie Pringle
Robert Abercrombie Pringle (December 15, 1855 – January 9, 1922) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Cornwall, Canada West, the son of Jacob Farrand Pringle and Isabella Fraser, (daughter of Col. Alexander Fraser), Pringle was educated in public and high schools and Queen's University. A lawyer, he was treasurer of the town of Cornwall. A Conservative in politics, he served in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1908. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Cornwall and Stormont in the 1900 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1904 election but was defeated in 1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 .... During the 1907 financial panic, Pringle wrote a criticism of the Canadian banking System. Another MP, banker R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pringle (poet)
Robert Thomas Pringle (born 1943) is an American poet, schoolmaster and park ranger. Of Scottish descent and originally from Westerville, Ohio, from 1962 to 1987 Pringle was a schoolteacher, teaching English and biology in high schools. Since then, he has concentrated on poetry, but has also worked as a park ranger at the Inniswood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve, Inniswood Metro Gardens, as a rural mail carrier, a laboratory technician in bacteriology, a house painter, and as an attendant in a mental hospital.''Cold Front'' (Pudding House Publicationsp. 35/ref> In 1998 he was the joint owner of a herd of Alpine (goat), Alpine goats. His poems have been published in ''Orbis (journal), Orbis, Envoi, Green's Magazine, Onionhead Literary Quarterly, Poetry Motel, Lilliput Review, Psychopoetica'', and ''Pegasus Review''. In 2004 Pringle’s poem "Ricardo Klement Speaks of Border Wars" won the First Prize in the Scottish International Open Poetry Competition. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert William Pringle
Prof Robert William Pringle OBE FRSE FRSC FIP FAPS (2 May 1920–20 June 1996) was a 20th century Scottish physicist. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 2 May 1920 the son of Llllias Dalgleish Hair and her husband, Robert Pringle. He was educated at George Heriot's School then studied physics at the University of Edinburgh, gaining the Vans Dunlop scholarship and graduated with a BSc in 1942. After graduation he assisted in University lectures. In 1945 he took up the post of lecturer under Professor Norman Feather. In 1948 he left Edinburgh to go to Canada as Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Manitoba becoming a full professor in 1951, aged 31. He left there in 1955 to return to the UK where he took on the role as Chairman of Nuclear Enterprises (UK) Ltd. There he won the Queen's Award to Industry twice and won the Design Council Award for the diagnostic ultrasound scanner. In 1964 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Maxwell Pringle
Robert Maxwell Pringle (born November 12, 1936, in New York City) was the American Ambassador to Mali from November 6, 1987, until September 17, 1990. Early life Of Scottish heritage, the first Pringle to come to the United States emigrated in the eighteenth century. Pringle's paternal grandfather, James Maxwell Pringle, was from Charleston, South Carolina. His father, Henry F. Pringle, was a journalist. When he was young, the family moved to Washington, D.C., where he grew up. Initially they lived on Argonne Place near Sixteenth Street and Columbia Road in Adams Morgan. His parents eventually divorced and his mother sent him to Le Rosey for one year. When he returned, he attended the Georgetown Day School. Eventually, he attended Harvard College as a history major who spent most of his time working at ''The Harvard Crimson ''The Harvard Crimson'' is the student newspaper of Harvard University and was founded in 1873. Run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates, it serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Keith Pringle
Robert Keith Pringle (12 March 1802 – 12 January 1897) was a Scottish civil servant in the Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl .... 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. References British East India Company civil servants 1802 births 1897 deaths {{Pakistan-history-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield
Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield (c.1700–1764) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was the son of Thomas Pringle WS an Edinburgh lawyer and his wife, Rebecca Hay. His grandfather was Sir Robert Pringle, 1st Baronet of Stitchell. He studied law and passed the bar as an advocate in 1724. In 1748 he was made Sheriff Depute of Banff. On 20 November 1754 he was elected a Senator of the college of justice in place of the late Lord Leven.An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from its Institution by George Brunton and David Haig, published by Thomas Clark 1831 His house in Edinburgh stood on the Royal Mile with a long garden siding onto Leith Wynd.Grants Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.241 He died on 8 April 1764. His position as Senator was filled by James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour (1700 – 25 June 1777) was a Scottish advocate and second Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in Buchan. His flou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
