William Henderson Pringle

William Henderson Pringle (1877 – 23 April 1967), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician and economist.

William Henderson Pringle in 1929

Background

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He 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

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In 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

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At parliamentary General Elections he contested, as a Liberal party candidate Berwick and Haddington in 1922,

General Election 1922: Berwick and Haddington[3] Electorate
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

General Election 1923: Ayr Burghs[4] Electorate 34,852
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.

General Election 1924: Berwick and Haddington[5] Electorate 34,017
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

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  1. ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  3. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  4. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  5. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  6. ^ British parliamentary election results 1818–1949, Craig, F. W. S.
  7. ^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.