Robert Keith Pringle

Robert Keith Pringle (12 March 1802^[1] – 12 January 1897) was a Scottish civil servant in the Bombay Presidency.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

Sind

He was appointed the first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847.^[5]

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

Government offices
Preceded by New Office	Commissioner in Sind 1847–1851	Succeeded by Henry Bartle Frere

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[1] Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords. T. & T. Clark. 1892. p. 927. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[2] 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.

[3] Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. p. 343. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[4] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 1882. p. 1311. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[5] Appointed as first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847

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