Robert Darlow Pring (29 January 1853[1] – 14 August 1922) was an Australian lawyer, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1902 to 1922.
History edit
Pring, the second son of John Pring and Fanny Florence Jessie Pring,[2] previously of Crowther Estate, near Young, was born at his father's station "Mangoplah" station[3] near Wagga Wagga, and educated at Macquarie Fields, followed by King's School, Parramatta, and the University of Sydney, where he took his MA. He was called to the Bar in 1874, and was appointed a puisne judge of the NSW Supreme Court in 1902, after acting in the position for six months.[1]
Pring died at "Cambewarra ", a private hospital in Leura, after an illness of nearly six months.[3] His remains were interred at the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Mr Pring Appointed a Judge". Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Vol. XXVII, no. 4023. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Late Mr Pring". The Young Chronicle. Vol. LXX, no. 4857. New South Wales, Australia. 11 June 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia. Article lists Justice Pring's siblings.
- ^ a b "Death of Mr. Justice Pring". The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 19 August 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 26, 399. New South Wales, Australia. 15 August 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.