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    Default Captain Pringle RN- Freedom of Edinburgh 1777

    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

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

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas...l_Navy_officer)

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

    something keeps going wrong with that first link

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    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

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wimsey View Post
    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

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

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