William Henry Pringle

Sir William Henry Pringle 1st Regiment of Foot
Commands held	Inspecting Field Officer of Militia, North America Brigade, 5th Division 5th Division Brigade, 2nd Division 2nd Division
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Flanders campaign Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland Battle of Castricum (POW) Napoleonic Wars Hanover Expedition Copenhagen Expedition Peninsular War Battle of Salamanca Siege of Burgos Battle of Villa Muriel Battle of Maya Battle of Beunza Battle of Nivelle Battle of St Pierre Battle of Garris (WIA)
Awards	Army Gold Cross
Alma mater	Drogheda Grammar School
Other work	Member of Parliament

Lieutenant-General Sir William Henry Pringle GCB (21 August 1772^[1] – 23 December 1840) was a British Army officer who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for two constituencies in Cornwall.^[2]

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

. 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^[3] (the daughter and heiress of Hon. Edward James Eliot) with whom he had a son and 4 daughters.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External Sources

Sir William Henry Pringle's correspondence at the

, Manchester

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Philip Yorke Matthew Montagu	Member of Parliament for St Germans 1812–1818 With: Henry Goulburn	Succeeded by Seymour Thomas Bathurst Charles Arbuthnot
Preceded by William Eliot Charles Philip Yorke	Member of Parliament for Liskeard 1818–1832 With: William Eliot 1818–26 Edward Eliot 1826–32	Succeeded by Charles Buller
Military offices
Preceded by Henry Wynyard	Colonel of the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 1816–1837	Succeeded by Sir Richard Bourke