Robert Keith Pringle (12 March 1802 – 12 January 1897) was a Scottish civil servant in the Bombay Presidency.
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.
References
- Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords. T. & T. Clark. 1892. p. 927. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Anderson, William (307). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. A. Fullarton & Company. p. 307. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. p. 343. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 1882. p. 1311. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Appointed as first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847
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