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 ...
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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.
Appointed as first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847
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British East India Company civil servants
1802 births
1897 deaths
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