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Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet
Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet (1726–1809), was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1779. Pringle was the son of Sir Robert Pringle, 3rd Baronet of Stichill and his wife Catherine Pringle, daughter. of James Pringle of Torwoodlee, Selkirk and was baptized on 6 November 1726. In 1744, he joined the army in the Royal Scots Fusiliers as a 2nd Lieutenant and was a lieutenant in 1747 and captain in 1759. He served in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession and at Minden in 1759. He was a, major in 1759 and lieutenant-colonel in 1762. In 1761 Pringle was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Berwickshire. In 1765 he became lieutenant-colonel of the 59th Foot. He married Elizabeth MacLeod, daughter of Norman MacLeod of MacLeod on 11 September 1767. He was returned again for Berwickshire in the 1768 general election. In 1770 he retired from the army and in 1774 was appointed Master of the King’s works in Scotland, He w ...
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House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime minister. Other parliaments have also had a lower house called a "House of Commons". History and naming The House of Commons of the Kingdom of England evolved from an undivided parliament to serve as the voice of the tax-paying subjects of the counties and of the boroughs. Knights of the shire, elected from each county, were usually landowners, while the borough members were often from the merchant classes. These members represented subjects of the Crown who were not Lords Temporal or Spiritual, who themselves sat in the House of Lords. The House of Commons gained its name because it represented communities (''communes''). Since the 19th century, ...
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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 ...
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Royal Scots Fusiliers Officers
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British MPs 1774–1780
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British MPs 1768–1774
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British MPs 1761–1768
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1809 Deaths
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Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1730–1782) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1779 and 1780. Paterson was the only son of John Paterson (younger) of Eccles and his wife Margaret Seton, daughter of Sir William Seton, 2nd Baronet of Pitmedden. Paterson's father had married without the consent of his father, Sir John Paterson, 2nd Baronet but was given an annual allowance. When John Paterson (younger) died in 1743 Sir John took the surviving sons into his care and replaced the allowance with smaller individual allowances to the wife and daughters. When Paterson succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy on 14 December 1759 he took one of the sisters under his care and increased the allowance to his mother slightly. His mother and sisters took a case to court demanding larger allowances from Paterson. The court concluded that he should provide for his mother, but not for his sisters. He married Lady Anne Hume Campbell, daughter of Hugh Hume-Campbell, ...
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1761 British General Election
The 1761 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. This was the first Parliament chosen after the accession to the throne of King George III. It was also the first election after George III had lifted the conventional proscription on the employment of Tories in government. The King prevented the Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, from using public money to fund the election of Whig candidates, but Newcastle instead simply used his private fortune to ensure that his ministry gained a comfortable majority. However, with the Tories disintegrating, as a result of the end of their proscription providing them with new opportunities for personal advancement, and the loyalty they felt to the new king causing them to drift apart, there was little incentive for Newcastle's supporters to stay together. What little s ...
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Alexander Hume-Campbell (1708–1760)
The Honourable Alexander Hume-Campbell KC (15 February 1708 – 19 July 1760), of Birghamsheil, Berwickshire, was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons almost continuously from 1734 to 1760. Hume-Campbell was the second surviving son of Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont and his wife Margaret Campbell, daughter of Sir George Campbell of Cessnock. He was educated at a private school in London from 1716 until possibly 1721. He was in the Netherlands in Utrecht and Franeker between 1721 and probably 1725. He attended the University of Edinburgh and became an advocate in 1729. He entered Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1731. He married Elizabeth Pettis of Savile Row, London on 16 July 1737. At the 1734 British general election, Hume-Campbell was returned as Member of Parliament for Berwickshire at the same time as his twin brother Lord Polwarth was elected MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed. There was a double return at the 1741 British gen ...
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Duke Of Buccleuch
Duke of Buccleuch (pronounced ), formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created twice on 20 April 1663, first for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and second suo jure for his wife Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch. Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II was attainted after rebelling against his uncle James II and VII, but his wife's title was unaffected and passed on to their descendants, who have successively borne the surnames ''Scott'', ''Montagu-Scott'', ''Montagu Douglas Scott'' and ''Scott'' again. In 1810, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited the Dukedom of Queensberry, also in the Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from the Marquessate of Queensberry. The substantial origin of the ducal house of the Scotts of Buccleuch dates back to the large grants of lands in Scotland to Sir Walter Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, a border chief, by James II, in consequence of the fall of William Dougl ...
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