Dr Mark Pringle of

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and Clifton

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(1754–1812) was a Scottish landowner and advocate who was MP for from 1786 to 1802.

Life

He was born on 10 January 1754 the son of John Pringle MP of Crichton, Midlothian, and his wife, Anne Rutherford of Fairnielee near Selkirk. He was educated at the High School in

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. In 1769 he was sent to

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to train as a lawyer at the

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. In 1771 he received a place to study Law at

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. He passed the Bar and became an advocate in 1777. In 1782 he became Deputy Judge Advocate for Selkirkshire. In 1783 he was a founder of the

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. In 1786, on the death of his father, he succeeded him as MP for Selkirkshire. He also took on his father's role as Receiver of Crown Rents for Selkirkshire. In 1794 he began building The Haining on the site of Selkirk Castle on the south side of a small loch. He died on 25 April 1812 at The Haining.

Family

In 1795 he married Ann Elizabeth Chalmers. His son John Pringle (b. 1795) commissioned Archibald Elliot to remodel The Haining in 1819/20.

References

− 1754 births 1812 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Alumni of the University of Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 UK MPs 1801–1802 {{Scotland-bio-stub