The Pringles of Stichill are described in Burke's Peerage and Gentry as follows:
'The Pringles of Stichill are the heirs male and representatives of the Pringles or Hoppringles of Craigleith (Craiglatch and Newhall), in Ettrick Forest, Selkirkshire.'
Sir John was born at Stitchel House on April 10th 1707. He was the youngest son of Sir John Pringle of Stitchel, Bart. His mother was Magdalen Elliot, sister of Sir Gilbert Elliot of Stobs near Hawick.
His early education was at home with a private tutor, followed by attendance at St Andrew's University where he stayed with a relation, Francis Pringle, who was Professor of Greek. Having decided that being a physician was the line that he wanted to follow, he spent time at Edinburgh and then at Leyden where, in 1730, he received his diploma.
He returned to Edinburgh, and in a very short time, was so well-known and respected that he was appointed assistant and successor to the Professor of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University.
His appointment as physician to the Earl of Stair, Commander of the Army in Flanders, soon followed, and this led to his appointment as physician to the Military Hospital in Flanders. There he was able to study a wide range of medical problems and, as a result of this research, was able, later, to publish his 'Treatise on the Diseases of the Army'.
When the Earl of Stair was replaced by the Duke of Cumberland, Pringle's star rose even higher and he was appointed, in March 1745, Physician-General to the forces in the Low Countries and physician to the Royal Hospitals in those countries. This meant spending so much time away from home that he resigned his Professorship at Edinburgh. Later that year he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
Following the Duke of Cumberland, he spent the next year with the 'Redcoat' army in Scotland, including being at the Battle of Culloden.
He then returned to England, before being posted abroad again during 1747 and 1748.
After the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, he returned to London where he became Physician in Ordinary to the Duke of Cumberland, and worked as a physician in the city. As a result of his knowledge of diseases of people living in close quarters, he published a paper on Jail and Hospital Fever. This was the start of Dr Pringle the scientific researcher.
The regular publication of papers through the Royal Society gave him a great reputation in the scientific world. One on septic and antiseptic substances led to his being awarded the Sir Godfrey Copley Gold medal.
In 1752, he married Charlotte Oliver, the daughter of Dr Oliver of Bath, an eminent physician. Unfortunately she died within a few years, leaving him with no offspring.
His great work on the diseases of the army was published, and in 1761 he was appointed Physician to Queen Charlotte's household. Rising through the ranks of Physician within the Royal Household led to his being created Baronet in 1766, and in 1768, Physician in Ordinary to the King's mother, the Princess of Wales, followed in 1774 by his final appointment as Physician Extraordinary to the King, George III.
In 1772, he had been elected President of the Royal Society, a singular honour.
He decided to retire in 1778 and returned to his native heath, where unfortunately he failed to settle.
In 1781, having found the weather too cold and windy, and the company too limited, he returned to London where his health began to fail and on 18th January 1782, he died after a seizure.
He left the bulk of his hard-earned money to his nephew, Sir James Pringle of Stitchel, who also inherited the British Baronetcy along with that of Nova Scotia which the family already possessed.
So passed away a physician and philosophical enquirer of the first order.
He is buried in St James’s, Piccadilly. To commemorate his life a monument (by sculptor Joseph Nollekens) was erected in Westminster Abbey.
More info
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-John-Pringle-1st-Baronet
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-john-pringle
During his lifetime Lt General Sir Steuart Robert Pringle Kcb (1928 – 2013) was the accepted 10th Baronet.
However, following his death in 2013, the legitimacy of this was disputed as there had been a “break in the line of paternity” – and Murray Pringle and his 2nd cousin Simon Pringle went to the courts to try to establish who was the rightful heir.
In 2016 Sir Murray won the legal case establishing that he was the rightful heir to the Pringle Baronetcy using DNA evidence that proved his cousin, who had been accepted as the 9th Baronet in 1919, was not the biological son of the 8th Baronet.
The Official Roll of Baronetage was updated following this verdict.
Sir Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle, 10th Baronet
The present holder of the Baronetcy is Sir Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle, 10th Baronet (born 3rd August 1941), eldest biological grandson of the 8th Baronet
See Also
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-36576672
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringle_baronets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Murray_Pringle,_10th_Baronet