Walter Pringle, Lord Newhall

Sir Walter Pringle, Lord Newhall (1664?–1736) was a Scottish lawyer and judge.

Walter Pringle

Life[]

He was the second son of of Stitchel, and Margaret, daughter of John Hope, Lord Craighall; the Covenanter was his great-uncle. He was one of a family of nineteen children, thirteen of whom survived infancy, and two others, Thomas Pringle and Robert Pringle, became known, in law and politics.^[1]

Walter Pringle, born about 1664, succeeded to the estate of . He was admitted advocate on 10 December 1687, and became one of the leaders of the Scottish bar. After the death of in 1718, Pringle was made a judge. On 6 June in that year he took his seat, with the title of Lord Newhall, was knighted at the same time, and was made a lord of justiciary.^[1]

Death[]

On his death, on 14 December 1736, a special tribute was paid to Pringle's remains, his funeral being attended by his judicial colleagues in their robes of office. The Faculty of Advocates included in their minutes a eulogy on Pringle, written by Sir Robert Dundas of Arniston, then dean of faculty. His niece Katherine was married to William Hamilton of Bangour the poet, who wrote a verse epitaph.^[1]

Family[]

Pringle married a daughter of Johnston of Hilton, and had issue. His direct line failed in the third generation, and his estate of Lochton fell to Sir John Pringle of Stitchel.^[1]

Notes[]

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Pringle, Walter (1664?-1736)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.