page_title: William Henry Pringle
hierarchical_section_title: William Henry Pringle
caption_attribution_description: English: Miniature oval portrait on ivory of General Sir William Henry Pringle (1772-1840).
context_page_description: Lieutenant-General Sir William Henry Pringle GCB was a British Army officer who served as a Member of Parliament for two constituencies in Cornwall.
  He was born the eldest son of Maj-Gen. Henry Pringle, of Dublin and educated privately and at Trinity College, Dublin.
  He joined the British Army as a cornet and progressed to the rank of Colonel of the 64th Foot in 1816. Further promotion to Lieutenant-General followed before he was transferred as Colonel for life in 1837 to the 45th Regiment of Foot. He was made KCB in 1815 and GCB in 1834.
  He was MP for St Germans from 1812 to 1818, and then for Liskeard from 1818 to 1832.
  He died in 1840. He had married Harriet Hester Eliot on 20 May 1806 with whom he had a son and 4 daughters.
context_section_description: Lieutenant-General Sir William Henry Pringle GCB (21 August 1772 – 23 December 1840) was a British  Army officer  who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for two constituencies in Cornwall.
  He was born the eldest son of Maj-Gen. Henry Pringle, of Dublin and educated privately and at Trinity College, Dublin.
  He joined the British Army as a cornet and progressed to the rank of Colonel of the 64th Foot in 1816. Further promotion to Lieutenant-General followed before he was transferred as Colonel for life in 1837 to the 45th Regiment of Foot. He was made KCB in 1815 and GCB in 1834.
  He was MP for St Germans from 1812 to 1818, and then for Liskeard from 1818 to 1832.
  He died in 1840. He had married Harriet Hester Eliot on 20 May 1806 (the daughter and heiress of Hon. Edward James Eliot) with whom he had a son and 4 daughters.
caption: William Henry Pringle by Andrew Plimer
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