William Henderson Pringle (1877 – 23 April 1967), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician and economist.
Background
editHe was the son of the Reverend John Pringle. He was educated at Hamilton Academy and privately, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow and the London School of Economics. He married Annie Nelson Forrest. They had one son and one daughter. She died in 1961. In 1965 he married Agnes Ross.[1]
Career
editIn 1905 he was Called to the Bar, at Lincoln's Inn. He was the recognised teacher of Economics and University Extension Lecturer, at the University of London from 1910 to 1920. He worked at the Ministry of Munitions, Labour Department, from 1915 to 1916 and the Ministry of Reconstruction, from 1917 to 1919. He was lecturer on Economics, at Birkbeck College, University of London, from 1918 to 1920. He was Professor of Economics, at the University of New Zealand, from 1920 to 1922. He was a lecturer at the London School of Economics, from 1923 to 1924. He was the Principal of the City of Birmingham Commercial College, from 1925 to 1942.[2]
Political career
editAt parliamentary General Elections he contested, as a Liberal party candidate Berwick and Haddington in 1922,
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Walter Waring | 6,342 | |||
Labour | Robert Spence | 5,842 | |||
Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 4,422 | |||
Independent Liberal | John Deans Hope | 3,300 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Majority | |||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Ayr Burghs in 1923
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rt Hon Sir John Lawrence Baird | 10,206 | 41.8 | ||
Labour | J.M. Airlie | 7,732 | 31.7 | ||
Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 6,467 | 26.5 | ||
Turnout | 70.0 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
and Berwick and Haddington again in 1924.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Chichester de Windt Crookshank | 11,745 | |||
Labour | Robert Spence | 8,882 | |||
Liberal | William Henderson Pringle | 4,986 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Majority | 2,863 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
He did not stand for parliament again.[6] He was a Scottish Representative of the New Commonwealth Society.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1818–1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.