Andrew Pringle, Lord Alemoor (died 1776) was a Scottish judge and

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Life

He was the son of John Pringle of the Haining, who was a

. Andrew Pringle passed the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1740 and became Sheriff of Wigtown in 1750. He then served as Sheriff of Selkirk from 1751 until becoming

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from 1755 until 1759, when he was appointed a Lord of Session with the judicial title Lord Alemoor. He had an unrivalled reputation as a lawyer and pleader. His position as a

was afterwards filled by

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. Prior to 1757 he lived at Niddry's Wynd off the

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in Edinburgh. !n 1757 he commissioned John Adam to build him small but imposing villa on high ground northeast of

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close to

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which he named

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. Pringle was a bachelor so occupied the upper floors alone. The lower floor was occupied by his cook and servants. The building had a highly ornate interior. He died at Hawkhill House, north-east of

, on 14 January 1776. Hawkhill House was obtained by the city around 1950. The front garden was sold to build a bakery (later redeveloped as flats). The house and eastern grounds were proposed to be added to existing recreational ground to the east, but despite protest from the Scottish Georgian Society from 1956 onwards the house was eventually demolished in 1966 and replaced by high-rise flats.Scotland's Lost Buildings by Ian Gow

References

*Concise Dictionary of National Biography
Peebles and Selkirk by G C Pringle, 1914
1776 deaths Year of birth unknown Alemoor Solicitors General for Scotland Scottish sheriffs {{Scotland-law-bio-stub