Captain Pringle RN- Freedom of Edinburgh 1777

[David Seymour]

The Caledonian Mercury for 20 Jan 1777 has, under the general heading of "Edinburgh", this report:
"Captain Thomas Pringle ... was ... complimented with the freedom of this city on Wednesday last."

I am trying to find out when he was born, who were his parents, and from where he came. Is there anywhere a list of Edinburgh's freemen with such information?

With thanks for any help you can give in this matter,
David

[wimsey]

is this a different person to Vice-Admiral Thomas Pringle ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pringle_(Royal_Navy_officer)

https://morethannelson.com/officer/thomas-pringle/

something keeps going wrong with that first link

[David Seymour]

Same man, earlier in his career. The freedom was given for his victory on Lake Champlain in Oct 1776.

Thank you for the references.

David

[wimsey]

the general concensus on the internet is that his parents were Walter Pringle of St Kitts and Eleanora Lidderdale of Roxburgh, with Thomas having a sister Ann who married John Dalrymple and became the mother of the 4th and 5th Baronets of Hailes, which you probably already knew. Nobody seems to have a date of birth for Thomas, I guess he may have been born on St Kitts. I don't have a newspaper subscription which might tell me how old Thomas was at death. The website Scotlands People seems to be undergoing maintenance at the moment.

[David Seymour]

Thank you for your further help.
His death is noticed in the Naval Chronicle for July to Dec 1803, p. 517 but no age is given. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1760, which suggests a birth date around 1740.
David

[wimsey]

assuming its the same person, Scotlands People says that Thomas Pringle died on 10 December 1803 aged 60. The two links I gave earlier say 8 December. I guess the 10th might be a burial date or the death registration date.

[wimsey]

assuming its the same person, Scotlands People says that Thomas Pringle died on 10 December 1803 aged 60. The two links I gave earlier say 8 December. I guess the 10th might be a burial date or the death registration date.

Walter Pringle's antecedents appear to be the Pringles of Stichel House, county Roxburgh, with Walter being a son of Thomas, who in turn was the fourth son of Sir Robert Pringle of Stichel, "a Baronet of Nova Scotia, 5 July 1683".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringle_baronets

[wimsey]

https://www.british-genealogy.com/extensions/uploads/191b5c1c-3d0d-41ee-8f20-cbafc99d6f56.png

[David Seymour]

Very many thanks for the additional information, particularly his age at death from Scotland's People.
David