Andrew Pringle, Lord Alemore


Andrew Pringle, Lord Alemoor was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

He was the son of John Pringle of the Haining, who was a Senator of the College of Justice.
Andrew Pringle passed the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1740 and became Sheriff of Wigtown in 1750. He then served as Sheriff of Selkirk from 1751 until becoming Solicitor General for Scotland from 1755 until 1759, when he was appointed a Lord of Session with the judicial title Lord Alemoor. He had an unrivalled reputation as a lawyer and pleader. His position as a Senator of the College of Justice was afterwards filled by David Ross, Lord Ankerville.
He died at Hawkhill House, north-east of Edinburgh, on 14 January 1776.