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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20-02-2019, 5:11 PM #1
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Captain Pringle RN- Freedom of Edinburgh 1777
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20-02-2019, 5:38 PM #2
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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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20-02-2019, 5:45 PM #3
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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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20-02-2019, 6:24 PM #4
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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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20-02-2019, 7:11 PM #5
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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.
David
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21-02-2019, 4:57 AM #6
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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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21-02-2019, 5:18 AM #7
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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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21-02-2019, 5:35 AM #8
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21-02-2019, 3:42 PM #9
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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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