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Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield

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Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield (c.1700–1764) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

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He was the son of Thomas Pringle WS an Edinburgh lawyer and his wife, Rebecca Hay.[citation needed] His grandfather was Sir Robert Pringle, 1st Baronet of Stitchell.

He studied law and passed the bar as an advocate in 1724.[1]

In 1748 he was made Sheriff Depute of Banff. On 20 November 1754 he was elected a Senator of the college of justice in place of the late Lord Leven.[2]

His house in Edinburgh stood on the Royal Mile with a long garden siding onto Leith Wynd.[3]

He died on 8 April 1764.

His position as Senator was filled by James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield | SCOS Archive".
  2. ^ a b An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from its Institution by George Brunton and David Haig, published by Thomas Clark 1831
  3. ^ Grants Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.241