BARONETAGE
			Last updated 24/03/2025
			Names of baronets shown in blue
			have not yet proved succession and, as a
			result, their name has not yet been placed on
			the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
			Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was
			baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate
			that the baronet was buried on that date
			POLLOCK of Pollock
30 Nov 1703	NS	1	Robert Pollock	c 1665	22 Aug 1735
			MP for Scotland 1707-1708 and Renfrewshire
			1710-1722
22 Aug 1735		2	Robert Pollock		26 Oct 1783
to			Extinct on his death
26 Oct 1783
			POLLOCK of Hatton,Middlesex
2 Aug 1866	UK	1	Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock	23 Sep 1783	28 Aug 1870	86
			Attorney General 1834-1835 and 1841-1844
			PC 1844
28 Aug 1870		2	William Frederick Pollock	3 Apr 1815	24 Dec 1888	73
24 Dec 1888		3	Frederick Pollock	10 Dec 1845	18 Jan 1937	91
			PC 1911
18 Jan 1937		4	Frederick John Pollock	26 Dec 1878	22 Jul 1963	84
22 Jul 1963		5	George Frederick Pollock	13 Aug 1928	30 May 2016	87
30 May 2016		6	David Frederick Pollock	13 Apr 1959
			POLLOCK of Khyber Pass,India
26 Mar 1872	UK		See "Montagu-Pollock"
			POLLOCK of Hanworth,Middlesex
27 Nov 1922	UK	1	Ernest Murray Pollock	25 Nov 1861	22 Oct 1936	74
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Hanworth (qv) in 1926 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged,although as at
			30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear
			on the Official Roll of the Baronetage
			POLLOCK of Edinburgh,Midlothian
2 Feb 1939	UK	1	John Donald Pollock	23 Nov 1868	4 Jun 1962	93
to			Extinct on his death
4 Jun 1962
			POLLOK of Kilbirney,Ayr
14 May 1628	NS		See "Crawford"
			PONSONBY of Wootton,Oxon
27 Jan 1956	UK	1	Charles Edward Ponsonby	2 Sep 1879	28 Jan 1976	96
			MP for Sevenoaks 1935-1950
28 Jan 1976		2	Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby	21 Feb 1921	15 Jun 2010	89
			Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1980-1996
15 Jun 2010		3	Charles Ashley Ponsonby	10 Jun 1951
			POOLE of Poole,Cheshire
25 Oct 1677	E	1	James Poole	c 1640	c 1710
c 1710		2	Francis Poole	c 1682	15 Feb 1763
15 Feb 1763		3	Henry Poole		8 Jul 1767
8 Jul 1767		4	Ferdinando Poole		8 Jun 1804
8 Jun 1804		5	Henry Poole	29 Feb 1744	25 May 1821	77
to			Extinct on his death
25 May 1821
			POOLEY of Westbrook House,Sussex
26 Jan 1953	UK	1	Sir Ernest Henry Pooley	20 Nov 1876	13 Feb 1966	89
to			Extinct on his death
13 Feb 1966
			POORE of Rushall,Wilts
8 Jul 1795	GB	1	John Methuen Poore	8 Jun 1745	1 Jun 1820	74
1 Jun 1820		2	Edward Poore	4 Dec 1795	13 Oct 1838	42
13 Oct 1838		3	Edward Poore	6 Mar 1826	23 Nov 1893	67
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
23 Nov 1893		4	Richard Poore	7 Jul 1853	8 Dec 1930	77
8 Dec 1930		5	Edward Poore	1894	Feb 1938	43
Feb 1938		6	Herbert Edward Poore	Apr 1930	2004	74
2004		7	Roger Ricardo Poore	21 Oct 1930	2005	75
2005		8	Fernando Nascienceno Poore	1964
			POPE of Wilcote,Oxon
29 Jun 1611	E	1	William Pope	15 Oct 1573	2 Jun 1631	57
			He was subsequently created Earl of
			Downe (qv) in 1628 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1668
			PORRITT of Hampstead,London
25 Jan 1963	UK	1	Arthur Espie Porritt, later [1973] Baron Porritt [L]	10 Aug 1900	1 Jan 1994	93
1 Jan 1994		2	Jonathan Espie Porritt	6 Jul 1950
			PORTAL of Malshanger,Hants
11 Mar 1901	UK	1	Wyndham Spencer Portal	22 Jul 1822	14 Sep 1905	83
14 Sep 1905		2	William Wyndham Portal	12 Apr 1850	30 Sep 1931	81
30 Sep 1931		3	William Raymond Portal,Viscount Portal	9 Apr 1885	6 May 1949	64
6 May 1949		4	Spencer John Portal	14 May 1864	25 Nov 1955	91
25 Nov 1955		5	Francis Spencer Portal	27 Jun 1903	11 Nov 1984	81
11 Nov 1984		6	Jonathan Francis Portal	13 Jan 1953
			PORTER of Frimley,Surrey
27 Jun 1889	UK	1	George Hornidge Porter	1822	16 Jun 1895	72
16 Jun 1895		2	William Henry Porter	23 Aug 1862	27 Jun 1935	72
27 Jun 1935		3	George Swinburne Porter	14 Dec 1908	8 Feb 1974	65
to			Extinct on his death
8 Feb 1974
			PORTER of Keytes,Gloucs
22 Jul 1902	UK		See "Horsburgh-Porter"
			PORTMAN of Orchard,Somerset
25 Nov 1611	E	1	John Portman		4 Dec 1612
4 Dec 1612		2	Henry Portman	c 1595	Feb 1624
			MP for Somerset 1621-1622
Feb 1624		3	John Portman	c 1605	12 Dec 1624
12 Dec 1624		4	Hugh Portman	c 1608	1632
			MP for Taunton 1625 and 1628-1629
1632		5	William Portman	c 1610	10 Aug 1645
			MP for Taunton 1640 and 1640-1644
10 Aug 1645		6	William Portman	5 Sep 1643	18 Mar 1690	46
to			MP for Taunton 1661-1679 and 1685-1690
18 Mar 1690			and Somerset 1679-1681
			Extinct on his death
			POTTINGER of Richmond,Surrey
27 Apr 1840	UK	1	Henry Pottinger	3 Oct 1789	18 Mar 1856	66
			Governor of Hong Kong 1843-1844,Cape of Good
			Hope 1847 and Madras 1848-1854. PC 1844
18 Mar 1856		2	Frederick William Pottinger	27 Apr 1831	9 Apr 1865	33
			For further information on this baronet, see the
			note at the foot of this page.
9 Apr 1865		3	Henry Pottinger	10 Jun 1834	18 Oct 1909	75
to			Extinct on his death
18 Oct 1909
			POTTS of Mannington,Norfolk
14 Aug 1641	E	1	John Potts		1673
			MP for Norfolk 1640-1648 and Great
			Yarmouth 1660
1673		2	John Potts		c 1690
c 1690		3	Roger Potts	c 1641	14 Oct 1711
14 Oct 1711		4	Algernon Potts	c 1675	17 Sep 1716
17 Sep 1716		5	Charles Potts	1676	14 Jan 1732
to			Extinct on his death
14 Jan 1732
			POUND of Stanmore,Middlesex
3 Aug 1905	UK	1	John Pound	27 Jun 1829	18 Sep 1915	86
18 Sep 1915		2	John Lulham Pound	2 Mar 1862	7 Sep 1937	75
7 Sep 1937		3	Allen Leslie Pound	31 Oct 1888	15 Nov 1952	64
15 Nov 1952		4	Derek Allen Pound	7 Apr 1920	23 Dec 1980	60
23 Dec 1980		5	John David Pound	1 Nov 1946	23 Aug 2022	75
23 Aug 2023		6	Robert John Pound	12 Feb 1973
			POWELL of Pengethly,Hereford
18 Jan 1622	E	1	Edward Powell	c 1580	1653
to			Extinct on his death
1653
			POWELL of Birkenhead,Cheshire
29 Jan 1629	E	1	Thomas Powell		c Sep 1647
c Sep 1647		2	Thomas Powell	1631	c 1700
to			Extinct on his death
c 1700
			POWELL of Pengethly,Hereford
23 Jan 1661	E	1	William Powell	c 1620	11 Dec 1680
to			MP for Herefordshire 1660-1661
11 Dec 1680			Extinct on his death
			POWELL of Ewhurst,Sussex
10 May 1661	E	1	Nathaniel Powell		Mar 1675
Mar 1675		2	Nathaniel Powell	c 1640	c 1707
c 1707		3	Nathaniel Powell	c 1688	1708
1708		4	Christopher Powell	c 1690	5 Jul 1742
to			MP for Kent 1735-1741
5 Jul 1742			Extinct on his death
			POWELL of Broadway,Carmarthen
19 Jul 1698	E	1	Thomas Powell	c 1665	22 Aug 1720
			MP for Monmouth 1705-1708 and
			Carmarthenshire 1710-1715
22 Aug 1720		2	Herbert Powell	c 1700	21 Mar 1721
to			Extinct on his death
21 Mar 1721
			POWELL of Horton Old Hall,Yorks
15 Jun 1892	UK	1	Francis Sharp Powell	29 Jun 1827	24 Dec 1911	84
to			MP for Cambridge 1863-1868, Yorkshire
24 Dec 1911			West Riding North 1872-1874 and Wigan
			1885-1910
			Extinct on his death
			POWELL of Wimpole Street,London
5 Mar 1897	UK	1	Richard Douglas Powell	25 Sep 1842	15 Dec 1925	83
15 Dec 1925		2	Douglas Powell	8 Jul 1874	28 Feb 1932	57
28 Feb 1932		3	Richard George Douglas Powell	14 Nov 1909	16 Jul 1980	70
16 Jul 1980		4	Nicholas Folliott Douglas Powell	17 Jul 1935	7 March 2019	83
7 March 2019		5	James Richard Douglas Powell	1962
			POWELL of Gilwell,Essex
4 Dec 1922	UK		See "Baden-Powell"
			POWER of Kilfane,Tipperary
15 Jul 1836	UK	1	John Power	c 1769	2 Feb 1844
2 Feb 1844		2	John Power	May 1798	8 Aug 1873	75
8 Aug 1873		3	Richard Champion Power	Oct 1843	24 May 1892	48
24 May 1892		4	John Elliott Cecil Power	1 Dec 1870	7 Jun 1900	29
7 Jun 1900		5	Elliott Derrick le Poer Power	21 Apr 1872	20 Jan 1902	29
20 Jan 1902		6	Adam Clayton Power	1844	5 Mar 1903	58
5 Mar 1903		7	George Power	24 Dec 1846	17 Oct 1928	81
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
17 Oct 1928
			POWER of Edermine,Wexford
18 Oct 1841	UK	1	John Power	1771	25 Jun 1855	83
25 Jun 1855		2	James Power	6 Dec 1800	30 Sep 1877	76
			MP for co.Wexford 1835-1847 and 1865-1868
30 Sep 1877		3	John Talbot Power	2 May 1845	4 Dec 1901	56
			MP for co.Wexford 1868-1874
4 Dec 1901		4	James Douglas Talbot Power	6 Oct 1884	4 Dec 1914	30
4 Dec 1914		5	James Talbot Power	23 Jun 1851	4 Jul 1916	65
4 Jul 1916		6	Thomas Talbot Power	3 May 1863	6 Jul 1930	67
to			Extinct on his death
6 Jul 1930
			POWER of Newlands Manor,Hants
1 Feb 1924	UK	1	John Cecil Power	21 Dec 1870	5 Jun 1950	79
			MP for Wimbledon 1924-1945
5 Jun 1950		2	Ivan McLannahan Power	29 Nov 1903	13 Feb 1954	50
13 Feb 1954		3	John Patrick McLannahan Power	16 Mar 1928	17 Nov 1984	56
17 Nov 1984		4	Alastair John Cecil Power	15 Aug 1958
			POYNTER of Kensington,London
2 Aug 1902	UK	1	Sir Edward John Poynter	20 Mar 1836	26 Jul 1919	83
26 Jul 1919		2	Ambrose Macdonald Poynter	26 Sep 1867	31 May 1923	55
31 May 1923		3	Hugh Edward Poynter	28 Jan 1882	28 Jun 1968	86
to			Extinct on his death
28 Jun 1968
			PRAED of Owsden Hall,Suffolk
28 Dec 1905	UK		See "Mackworth-Praed"
			PRATT of Coleshill,Berks
28 Jul 1641	E	1	Henry Pratt	c 1573	6 Apr 1647
6 Apr 1647		2	George Pratt	c 1605	11 May 1673
11 May 1673		3	Henry Pratt	c 1650	17 Jan 1674
to			Extinct on his death
17 Jan 1674
			PRENDERGAST of Gort,Galway
15 Jul 1699	I	1	Thomas Prendergast	c 1660	11 Sep 1709
11 Sep 1709		2	Thomas Prendergast	c 1700	23 Sep 1760
to			Postmaster General [I] 1733. PC [I] 1733
23 Sep 1760			MP for Chichester 1733-1734
			Extinct on his death
			PRESCOTT of Theobalds Park,Herts
9 Dec 1794	GB	1	George William Prescott	17 Nov 1748	22 Jul 1801	52
22 Jul 1801		2	George Beeston Prescott	11 Feb 1775	25 Oct 1840	65
25 Oct 1840		3	George William Prescott	14 Nov 1800	27 Apr 1850	49
27 Apr 1850		4	George Rendlesham Prescott	27 Sep 1846	29 Jul 1894	47
29 Jul 1894		5	George Lionel Lawson Bagot Prescott	5 Oct 1875	20 Jun 1942	66
20 Jun 1942		6	Charles William Prescott	8 Apr 1877	27 Sep 1955	78
27 Sep 1955		7	William Villiers Leonard Prescott-Westcar	18 Sep 1882	3 Feb 1959	76
to			Extinct on his death
3 Feb 1959
			PRESCOTT of Godmanchester,Hunts
30 Jun 1938	UK	1	Sir William Henry Prescott	26 Mar 1874	15 Jun 1945	71
			MP for Tottenham North 1918-1922
15 Jun 1945		2	Richard Stanley Prescott	26 Jan 1899	21 Jan 1965	65
21 Jan 1965		3	Mark Prescott	3 Mar 1948
			PRESTON of Airdrie,Fife
22 Feb 1628	NS	1	John Preston		c 1655
c 1655		2	John Preston		10 Jun 1660
10 Jun 1660		3	John Preston		Mar 1675
Mar 1675		4	John Preston		c 1725
			Between the death of the 4th baronet and
			1784 the descent is uncertain
1784		5	Robert Preston	c 1706	c 1791
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1791
			PRESTON of Valleyfield,Perth
13 Mar 1637	NS	1	George Preston		26 Nov 1679
26 Nov 1679		2	William Preston		c 1703
c 1703		3	George Preston	c 1670	Sep 1741
Sep 1741		4	George Preston		2 Mar 1779
2 Mar 1779		5	Charles Preston	c 1735	23 Mar 1800
			MP for Dysart Burghs 1784-1790
23 Mar 1800		6	Robert Preston	21 Apr 1740	7 May 1834	94
			MP for Dover 1784-1790 and Cirencester
			1792-1806
7 May 1834		7	Robert Preston	3 Jan 1757	30 Aug 1846	89
30 Aug 1846		8	Robert Preston	c 1780	23 Oct 1858
23 Oct 1858		9	Henry Lindsay Preston	18 Feb 1789	25 Nov 1873	84
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
25 Nov 1873
			PRESTON of Furness,Lancs
1 Apr 1644	E	1	John Preston	1617	1645	28
1645		2	John Preston		Apr 1663
Apr 1663		3	Thomas Preston	c 1643	27 May 1709
to			Extinct on his death
27 May 1709
			PRESTON of Beeston St Lawrence,Norfolk
30 May 1815	UK	1	Thomas Hulton Preston	29 Aug 1767	21 Apr 1823	55
21 Apr 1823		2	Jacob Henry Preston	25 Jan 1812	19 Oct 1891	79
19 Oct 1891		3	Henry Jacob Preston	15 Sep 1851	9 Jan 1897	45
9 Jan 1897		4	Jacob Preston	6 May 1887	12 Feb 1918	30
12 Feb 1918		5	Edward Hulton Preston	17 Sep 1888	7 Dec 1963	75
7 Dec 1963		6	Thomas Hildebrand Preston	2 Jun 1886	30 Dec 1976	90
30 Dec 1976		7	Ronald Douglas Hildebrand Preston	9 Oct 1916	4 Apr 1999	82
4 Apr 1999		8	Philip Charles Henry Hulton Preston	31 Aug 1946	9 Jan 2021	74
9 Jan 2021		9	Philip Thomas Henry Hulton Preston	15 Aug 1990
			PRESTWICH of Hulme,Lancs
25 Apr 1644	E	1	Thomas Prestwich	6 Dec 1604	3 Jan 1674	69
Jan 1674		2	Thomas Prestwich	c 1625	20 Sep 1676
to			Extinct on his death
Sep 1676
			PRETYMAN of Lodington
c 1660	NS	1	John Pretyman	c 1612	22 Dec 1676
			MP for Leicester 1661-1676
Dec 1676		2	George Pretyman	17 Dec 1638	14 Apr 1715	76
Apr 1715		3	William Pretyman	3 Feb 1641	8 Nov 1719	78
Nov 1719		4	Thomas Pretyman	c 1670	c 1749
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1749
			PREVOST of Belmont,Hants
6 Dec 1805	UK	1	George Prevost	19 May 1767	5 Jan 1816	48
5 Jan 1816		2	George Prevost	20 Aug 1804	18 Mar 1893	88
18 Mar 1893		3	Charles Prevost	15 Dec 1831	24 Nov 1902	70
24 Nov 1902		4	Charles Thomas Keble Prevost	19 Jul 1866	6 Apr 1939	72
6 Apr 1939		5	George James Augustine Prevost	16 Jan 1910	18 Nov 1985	75
18 Nov 1985		6	Christopher Gerald Prevost	25 Jul 1935
			PREVOST of Westbourne Terrace,London
8 Jan 1903	UK	1	Augustus Prevost	21 May 1837	6 Dec 1913	76
to			Extinct on his death
6 Dec 1913
			PRICE of the Priory,Brecon
c Oct 1657	E	1	Herbert Price	c 1605	3 Feb 1678
			MP for Brecon 1661-1678
Feb 1678		2	Thomas Arden Price	13 Mar 1642	c 1689
to			Extinct on his death
c 1689
			PRICE of Jamaica,West Indies
13 Aug 1768	GB	1	Charles Price	20 Aug 1708	26 Jul 1772	63
26 Jul 1772		2	Charles Price	c 1733	18 Oct 1788
to			Extinct on his death
18 Oct 1788
			PRICE of Spring Grove,Surrey
2 Feb 1804	UK		See "Rugge-Price"
			PRICE of Trenwainton,Cornwall
30 May 1815	UK	1	Rose Price	21 Nov 1768	29 Sep 1834	65
29 Sep 1834		2	Charles Dutton Price	7 Dec 1800	18 May 1872	71
18 May 1872		3	Rose Lambart Price	28 Jul 1837	17 Apr 1899	61
17 Apr 1899		4	Rose Price	26 Jul 1878	9 Jun 1901	22
9 Jun 1901		5	Francis Caradoc Rose Price	29 Jun 1880	24 Feb 1949	68
24 Feb 1949		6	Rose Francis Price	15 Mar 1910	21 Sep 1979	69
21 Sep 1979		7	Francis Caradoc Rose Price	9 Sep 1950
			PRICE of Foxley,Hereford
12 Feb 1828	UK	1	Uvedale Price	1747	14 Sep 1829	82
14 Sep 1829		2	Robert Price	3 Aug 1786	5 Nov 1857	71
to			MP for Herefordshire 1818-1841 and Hereford
5 Nov 1857			1845-1857
			Extinct on his death
			PRICE of Norton Manor,Radnor
23 Mar 1874	UK		See "Green-Price"
			PRICE of Ardingley,Sussex
2 Jul 1953	UK	1	Sir Henry Philip Price	17 Feb 1877	12 Dec 1963	86
to			Extinct on his death
12 Dec 1963
			PRICHARD-JONES of Bron Menai,Anglesey
15 Jul 1910	UK	1	John Prichard-Jones	31 May 1845	17 Oct 1917	72
17 Oct 1917		2	John Prichard-Jones	20 Jan 1913	2 Jul 2007	94
2 Jul 2007		3	David John Walter Prichard-Jones	14 Mar 1943
			PRIDEAUX of Netherton,Devon
17 Jul 1622	E	1	Edmund Prideaux	c 1555	28 Feb 1629
28 Feb 1629		2	Peter Prideaux	1596	3 Feb 1682
Feb 1682		3	Peter Prideaux	13 Jul 1626	22 Nov 1705	79
			MP for Honiton 1661-1679 and St.Mawes
			1685-1689
22 Nov 1705		4	Edmund Prideaux	4 Apr 1647	6 Feb 1720	72
			MP for Tregony 1713-1720
6 Feb 1720		5	Edmund Prideaux	13 Nov 1675	26 Feb 1729	53
26 Feb 1729		6	John Prideaux	17 Jun 1695	29 Aug 1766	71
Aug 1766		7	John Wilmot Prideaux	13 Feb 1748	4 Mar 1826	78
4 Mar 1826		8	John Wilmot Prideaux	29 Sep 1791	13 May 1833	41
13 May 1833		9	Edmund Saunderson Prideaux	17 Jan 1793	11 Feb 1875	82
to			Extinct on his death
11 Feb 1875
			PRIESTMAN of Monkwearmouth,Durham
25 Jun 1934	UK	1	Sir John Priestman	22 Mar 1855	5 Aug 1941	86
to			Extinct on his death
5 Aug 1941
			PRIMROSE of Carrington,Selkirk
1 Aug 1651	NS	1	Archibald Primrose	16 May 1616	27 Nov 1679	63
27 Nov 1679		2	William Primrose	14 Jan 1649	23 Sep 1687	38
23 Sep 1687		3	James Primrose	c 1680	13 Jun 1706
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Primrose (qv) in 1703 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until 1741 when the
			baronetcy merged into the Earldom of
			Rosebery
			PRIMROSE of Ravelstoun
15 Sep 1661	NS	1	John Foulis	20 Feb 1638	5 Aug 1707	69
5 Aug 1707		2	Archibald Primrose	c 1692	15 Nov 1746
to			He was executed for high treason and the
15 Nov 1746			baronetcy forfeited
			PRIMROSE of Redholme,Lanark
7 Jul 1903	UK	1	John Ure Primrose	16 Oct 1847	29 Jun 1924	76
29 Jun 1924		2	William Louis Primrose	1 Jun 1880	23 Dec 1953	73
23 Dec 1953		3	John Ure Primrose	15 Apr 1908	1985	77
1985		4	Alasdair Neil Primrose	11 Dec 1935	15 Jun 1986	50
15 Jun 1986		5	John Ure Primrose	28 May 1960
			PRINCE-SMITH of Hillbrook,Yorks
11 Feb 1911	UK	1	Prince Smith	3 Sep 1840	20 Oct 1922	82
20 Oct 1922		2	Prince Prince-Smith	13 Oct 1869	2 Jul 1940	70
2 Jul 1940		3	William Prince-Smith	10 Aug 1898	10 Jul 1964	65
10 Jul 1964		4	William Richard Prince-Smith	27 Dec 1928	28 Jun 2007	78
to			Extinct on his death
28 Jun 2007
			PRINGLE of Stichill,Roxburgh
5 Jan 1683	NS	1	Robert Pringle		c 1700
c 1700		2	John Pringle	2 Jul 1662	Apr 1721	58
Apr 1721		3	Robert Pringle	6 Oct 1690	14 Dec 1779	89
14 Dec 1779		4	James Pringle	6 Nov 1726	7 Apr 1809	82
			MP for Berwickshire 1761-1779
7 Apr 1809		5	John Pringle	20 Jan 1784	15 Jun 1869	85
15 Jun 1869		6	Norman Pringle	22 Jul 1787	17 Apr 1870	82
17 Apr 1870		7	Norman William Pringle	16 Apr 1836	21 Jul 1897	61
21 Jul 1897		8	Norman Robert Pringle	18 Oct 1871	18 Apr 1919	47
18 Apr 1919		9	Ronald Steuart Pringle	26 Apr 1905	24 Jul 1968	63
24 Jul 1968		10	Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle	3 Aug 1941
			His right to the baronetcy was proved before
			the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on
			20 June 2016. For a summary of proceedings,
			see the note at the foot of this page
			PRINGLE of Pall Mall,London
5 Jun 1766	GB	1	John Pringle	10 Apr 1707	18 Jan 1782	74
to			Extinct on his death
18 Jan 1782
			PROBY of Elton,Hunts
7 Mar 1662	E	1	Thomas Proby	18 Oct 1632	22 Apr 1689	56
to			MP for Amersham 1660-1679 and
22 Apr 1689			Huntingdonshire 1679-1685
			Extinct on his death
			PROBY of Elton Hall,Hunts
30 Jan 1952	UK	1	Richard George Proby	21 Jul 1886	15 Jan 1979	92
15 Jan 1979		2	Peter Proby	4 Dec 1911	18 Apr 2002	90
			Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1981-1985
18 Apr 2002		3	William Henry Proby	13 Jun 1949
			PROBYN-JONES of Rhyll,Flint
28 Jan 1926	UK	1	Sir Robert Jones	26 Jun 1858	14 Jan 1933	74
14 Jan 1933		2	Arthur Probyn Probyn-Jones	28 Jul 1892	17 Oct 1951	59
to			Extinct on his death
17 Oct 1951
			PROCTOR-BEAUCHAMP
			of Langley Park,Norfolk
20 Feb 1745	GB	1	William Beauchamp-Proctor	11 May 1722	13 Sep 1773	51
			MP for Middlesex 1747-1768
13 Sep 1773		2	Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor	29 Sep 1756	29 Jun 1827	70
29 Jun 1827		3	William Beauchamp-Proctor	14 Oct 1781	14 Mar 1861	79
14 Mar 1861		4	Thomas William Brograve Beauchamp-Proctor
			(Proctor-Beauchamp from 9 Jul 1862)	2 Jul 1815	7 Oct 1874	59
7 Oct 1874		5	Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp	23 Apr 1853	10 Nov 1912	59
10 Nov 1912		6	Horace George Proctor-Beauchamp	3 Nov 1856	12 Aug 1915	58
12 Aug 1915		7	Montagu Harry Proctor-Beauchamp	19 Apr 1860	26 Oct 1939	79
26 Oct 1939		8	Ivor Cuthbert Proctor-Beauchamp	19 Aug 1900	8 Aug 1971	70
8 Aug 1971		9	Christopher Radstock Proctor-Beauchamp	30 Jan 1935
			PRYCE of Newton,Montgomery
15 Aug 1628	E	1	John Pryce		c 1657
			MP for Montgomeryshire 1640-1645
			and 1654-1655
c 1657		2	Matthew Pryce		c 1674
c 1674		3	John Pryce	c 1662	1699
1699		4	Vaughan Pryce		c 1720
c 1720		5	John Pryce		1761
1761		6	John Powell Pryce		4 Jul 1776
4 Jul 1776		7	Edward Mamley Pryce		28 Jun 1791
to			Extinct on his death
28 Jun 1791
			PRYCE-JONES of Dolerw,Montgomery
4 Jul 1918	UK	1	Edward Pryce-Jones	6 Feb 1861	22 May 1926	65
			MP for Montgomery 1895-1906 and
			1910-1918
22 May 1926		2	Pryce Victor Pryce-Jones	10 Jun 1887	27 Feb 1963	75
to			Extinct on his death
27 Feb 1963
			PRYKE of Wanstead,Essex
3 Nov 1926	UK	1	Sir William Robert Pryke	15 Mar 1847	30 Mar 1932	85
30 Mar 1932		2	William Robert Dudley Pryke	5 Mar 1882	23 Mar 1959	77
23 Mar 1959		3	David Dudley Pryke	16 Jul 1912	20 Jul 1998	86
20 Jul 1998		4	Christopher Dudley Pryke	17 Apr 1946
			PRYSE of Gogarthen,Cardigan
9 Aug 1641	E	1	Richard Pryse		21 Oct 1651
			MP for Cardiganshire 1646-1648
Oct 1651		2	Richard Pryse	c 1630	c 1675
			MP for Cardiganshire 1660-1661
c 1675		3	Thomas Pryse		May 1682
May 1682		4	Carbery Pryse		20 May 1694
to			MP for Cardiganshire 1690-1694
20 May 1694			Extinct on his death
			PRYSE of Gogerddan,Cardigan
28 Jul 1866	UK	1	Pryse Pryse	15 Jan 1838	21 Apr 1906	68
21 Apr 1906		2	Edward John Webley-Parry-Pryse	10 Jul 1862	20 Oct 1918	56
20 Oct 1918		3	Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse	5 Feb 1864	23 May 1946	82
23 May 1946		4	George Rice Pryse-Saunders	19 Feb 1870	9 Sep 1948	78
9 Sep 1948		5	Pryse Loveden Pryse-Saunders (Saunders-
to			Pryse from 1949)	12 Nov 1896	5 Jan 1962	65
5 Jan 1962			Extinct on his death
			PUCKERING of Weston,Herts
25 Nov 1611	E	1	Thomas Puckering		20 Mar 1636
to			MP for Tamworth 1621-1622,1625,1626
20 Mar 1636			and 1628-1629
			Extinct on his death
			PUCKERING of Charlton,Kent
2 Apr 1620	E		See "Newton"
			PULESTON of Emral,Flint
2 Nov 1813	UK	1	Richard Price Puleston	3 Sep 1765	20 May 1840	74
20 May 1840		2	Richard Puleston	20 Jun 1789	19 Dec 1860	71
19 Dec 1860		3	Richard Price Puleston	27 Dec 1813	14 Aug 1893	79
14 Aug 1893		4	Theophilus Gresley Henry Puleston	26 Oct 1821	20 May 1896	74
to			Extinct on his death
20 May 1896
			PULLEY of Lower Eaton,Hereford
4 Jul 1893	UK	1	Joseph Pulley	8 Sep 1822	25 Aug 1901	78
to			MP for Hereford 1880-1886
25 Aug 1901			Extinct on his death
			PUREFOY of Wadley,Berks
4 Dec 1662	E	1	Henry Purefoy	14 Aug 1656	19 Aug 1686	30
to			Extinct on his death
19 Aug 1686
			PURVES-HUME-CAMPBELL
			of Purves Hall,Berwick
25 Jul 1665	NS		see "Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell"
			PURVIS-RUSSELL-HAMILTON-MONTGOMERY
			of Stanhope,Peebles
16 Jul 1801	UK		See "Montgomery"
			PUTT of Combe,Devon
20 Jul 1666	E	1	Thomas Putt	19 Jul 1644	25 Jun 1686	41
			MP for Honiton 1679-1686
25 Jun 1686		2	Thomas Putt	c 1675	5 May 1721
to			Extinct on his death
5 May 1721
			PYBUS of Harwick,Suffolk
20 Jan 1934	UK	1	Percy John Pybus	25 Jan 1880	23 Oct 1935	55
to			MP for Harwich 1929-1935. Minister of
23 Oct 1935			Transport 1931-1933
			Extinct on his death
			PYE of Lekhampstead,Bucks
27 Apr 1641	E	1	Edmund Pye	c 1607	28 Apr 1673
to			MP for Wycombe 1661-1673
Apr 1673			Extinct on his death
			PYE of Hone,Derby
13 Jan 1665	E	1	John Pye	c 1626	c 1697
c 1697		2	Charles Pye	20 Dec 1651	12 Feb 1721	69
			MP for Derby 1701
12 Feb 1721		3	Richard Pye	2 Feb 1689	22 Nov 1724	35
			MP for Derby 1710
22 Nov 1724		4	Robert Pye	c 1696	23 May 1734
to			Extinct on his death
23 May 1734
			PYM of Brymore,Somerset
14 Jul 1663	E	1	Charles Pym	c 1620	1671
			MP for Beeralston 1642-1648
1671		2	Charles Pym	12 Feb 1664	4 May 1688	24
to			Extinct on his death
4 May 1688			For further information on the death of this
			baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
			PYNSENT of Erthfont,Wilts
13 Sep 1687	E	1	William Pynsent	10 Aug 1642	1719
			MP for Devizes 1689-1690
1719		2	William Pynsent	c 1679	8 Jan 1765
to			MP for Taunton 1715-1722
8 Jan 1765			Extinct on his death
			Sir Edward Poore, 3rd baronet
			Sir Edward died in November 1893. On 4 January 1894, the following article was published in
			'The West Australian,' under the heading "Extraordinary Career of a Baronet":-
			'A recent issue of the [Melbourne] Age gives the following account of a miner who died on
			board the steamer Adelaide at Fremantle, recently, and whose papers and effects showed
			him to be Sir Edward Poore, Bart.
			'When the steamer Adelaide on her last trip to West Australia reached Fremantle, one of the
			saloon passengers, a miner, who gave the name of Edward Poore, died in his cabin suddenly
			of heart disease. He had sufficient warning of his approaching end to call the steward to bring
			him pen, ink and paper, and to write down an address in Victoria to which the news of his
			death should be sent, but he had barely finished when he fell back dead. No one knew the
			man, and the authorities buried him in Fremantle.
			'When the news of Poore's death reached his friends in Melbourne his papers and effects
			were examined, and they showed beyond all doubt that the deceased was Sir Edward Poore,
			baronet, of Rushall, in the county of Wiltshire, England. He was the third baronet, and
			succeeded his father on the 13th of October, 1838, being then only 12½ years of age, as
			he was born on 6th March, 1826. When he was 18 years of age he was appointed an ensign
			in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, a crack regiment, but he retired four years later. Shortly before
			he attained his 25th year he married Miss Frances Elizabeth Moody, daughter of the Rev.
			Henry Riddell Moody, rector of Chatham [sic for Chartham], Kent. In the following year he
			made a voyage to Canada, and a son [who later became the 4th baronet] was born to him
			there. In 1860 he was in France, as is shown by a passport which bears his signature, a
			singularly striking one, and showing little or no alteration from autographs which he executed
			not many weeks ago. In 1863 a son, Herbert, was born to him, and subsequently there were
			two daughters, Elsie and Catherine; but since then Burke's Peerage is silent to the family
			history - chiefly, it may be presumed, because Poore exiled himself from England about that
			period. Some time in the early part of the seventies he appeared in Australia. As he admitted
			afterwards to others with whom he had become confidential, but never to the extent of
			disclosing his real identity, he had left England because he had abandoned his wife and
			children, and thrown in his lot with a woman with whom he was infatuated.
			'His early days in Australia were devoted to a lavish expenditure of money, no luxury being too
			gross for him. Thousands of pounds were squandered in jewellery, especially diamonds, for
			which, right through his colonial career, he manifested an insatiable passion. One single
			diamond that he carried in a ring was of such value that a pawnbroker in the city readily
			advanced £100 upon it. This sort of life soon exhausted his supply of ready cash, so he
			embraced the contracting business. His early military training had imbued him with a certain
			amount of knowledge of the business of bridge building, son in his contracting efforts he
			confined himself almost entirely to that class of work. He threw off entirely the grandiose air
			of an English aristocrat, and assimilated himself to the conditions of his new life. A photograph
			of himself, taken on one the bridges he was erecting, shows him with a slouched hat and
			moleskin trousers, and under the picture, in his own handwriting, is written, "Ned, the Pile
			Driver."  There appears to have been a stress in his money matters which stopped his
			contracting career and he became an ordinary day labourer, but he again emerged from that
			state into affluence. Money flowed in plentifully, and he then sought out as a confidential man,
			Mr. Adolphus Dunn, of Malvern, and through him the greater part of his future business was
			contracted. Hotel keeping was his next hobby, and he took the Armadale Hotel, at Armadale
			[Malvern and Armadale are both suburbs of Melbourne], but the venture cost him about
			£5,000. Better luck attended him whilst he had the Grace Darling Hotel, in Elizabeth-street
			[Melbourne], which he bought into after leaving Armadale; but he only made both ends meet,
			so he gave it up and took the New Brighton Hotel, at Lady Robinson's Beach, Sydney, and in
			six months, by dint of terrible bad management and extravagance, he lost £2,000. That was
			his last venture as a publican. For all his 68 years he was very energetic, and the news of the
			gold finds at Coolgardie allured him to West Australia. As usual, he adapted himself with great
			facility to the circumstances in which he found himself, and was soon as much a miner as the
			hundreds that surrounded him. He went out to the gold-fields and prospected. He discovered
			a reef, hastened to Perth, took up a mineral lease, and then left for Melbourne to form a
			company which would supply machinery and work the claim. All the speculators to whom he
			put the matter required too large a share in the mine for Poore's tastes, so he bought
			machinery himself, and left by the Adelaide for Perth on the 14th November, taking the
			machinery with him, but he died as already stated on the 23rd November, just as the Adelaide
			reached Fremantle.
			'In all his dealings with people in the colonies Poore never disclosed his rank, except to one
			person, his medical adviser, Mr. Fitzgerald; but of late years he had taken to impressing his
			crest, a cubit arm, grasping in the hand an arrow, upon all cheques which he signed. One
			occasion on which Poore was recognised is mentioned by a friend of his, who was with him
			one day in Collins-street [Melbourne]. The friend whilst talking to Poore met a third party,
			whom he introduced to Mr. Poore. The stranger looked straight at the man to whom he was
			presented, and said, "Ha, Mr. Poore ! Only Mr. Poore?" The latter replied, "Yes; isn't that
			enough? What more would you want?" Then in reply to questions by the stranger Poore said
			that he had never been in England, and that he did not know Chartham in Kent - the town,
			it will be remembered, of which his father-in-law was rector.
			'Among the papers of the deceased is a diary of his life, which has not yet been looked into,
			but there are evidences among the collections of articles in his trunks that he had given
			unbridled scope to his passions, and to that alone he owed his many reverses. It is not at
			present clear how Poore raised the money of which he got possession from time to time, but
			it is believed by Mr. Dunn, his confidential man, that he disposed of some of his estates. It
			is not known whether Lady Poore is living [she was, and lived on until 1926], or whether she
			obtained a divorce when her husband left her. The deceased made a[n incorrect] statement
			on one occasion that his eldest son Richard, who would have been his heir, died some years
			ago, but there is no certainty about it. Should it prove correct, the heir, according to Burke's
			Peerage, would be his son Herbert who was born in 1863, and he will succeed to the title and
			and what is left of the estates [but Richard, being still alive, became the 4th baronet]. If the
			mine in West Australia proves of any value then the new baronet may be able to rehabilitate
			the estates.'
			Sir Frederick William Pottinger, 2nd baronet
			Frederick was the son of Sir Henry Pottinger, who had received a baronetcy as a reward
			for a distinguished career as a colonial governor. His son, however, did not follow in his
			father's footsteps and, by 1856, was in deep financial straits. His income did not allow him
			to keep pace with his free-spending brother officers in the Grenadier Guards; bookmakers
			and tradesmen were plaguing him for payment of his debts. His fortunes changed somewhat
			when he won £500 on a lucky bet on a horse and, determined that his bothersome creditors
			were not going to share a penny of his good fortune, he packed his bags, resigned his
			commission and caught the next ship from England to Australia.
			Because the social circles of Sydney were now closed to him, he set off for the goldfields,
			where he had no luck. Tiring of digging for gold, he joined the New South Wales police
			as a mounted trooper. Not long after, he heard that his father had died but, since there
			was little in the way of money or estates to inherit, and enjoying the open-air life of a
			trooper, he decided to remain where he was, without telling anyone that he was now a
			baronet.
			In May 1861, a letter arrived in Sydney addressed to Sir Frederick Pottinger, care of the
			Police Department. No one had heard of a Sir Frederick Pottinger, but when the Department's
			records were checked, a Trooper Fred Pottinger stationed at the Lambing Flat (now Young)
			goldfield was discovered. He was immediately ordered to Sydney, where he admitted that he
			was a baronet. Since it was unseemly that a baronet was a lowly trooper, he was immediately
			promoted to Inspector and placed in charge of the whole southern district of New South Wales,
			with headquarters at Young and with 100 men under his command.
			Meanwhile, the country around the goldfields was the natural habitat of bushrangers (roughly
			analogous to British 'highwaymen' or American 'western outlaws'), of whom the most prominent
			was Frank Gardiner. Pottinger received urgent orders to clean them out of the area. He
			immediately arrested a squatter named Ben Hall, who was to later become somewhat of a
			folk hero in Australia, in the same manner as, say, Dick Turpin or Butch Cassidy. Pottinger
			ridiculed Hall's protestations of innocence and threw him into gaol, where he was held for
			months before being tried and acquitted. By the time he was released, Hall's wife had deserted
			him and his property was ruined through neglect. Thereafter Hall nursed an implacable hatred
			of the police in general and Pottinger in particular, and he became a member of Gardiner's gang
			of bushrangers.
			On 13 June 1862, Gardiner and eight men, including Hall, held up, at Eugowra Rocks, a stage
			coach laden with gold from the diggings bound for Sydney. Several policemen were wounded in
			the hold-up and around £14,000 in gold and banknotes were stolen. Pottinger quickly organised
			a posse to give chase. He split his forces into two, commanded by himself and Sergeant
			Sanderson. Sanderson's force, while losing their quarry, recovered half of the loot. Pottinger's
			party caught up with three of Gardiner's gang and captured two of them, but the third, Johnny
			Gilbert, escaped, but not before Pottinger had recovered £1000 of the amount stolen. With his
			two prisoners, Pottinger set out for Forbes, 150 miles away.
			Meanwhile, Gilbert had galloped to Gardiner's hideout and, once there, a rescue party was
			organised. Gardiner's men ambushed Pottinger's party the next morning and rescued their
			comrades. Pottinger got away into the surrounding bushland, where, realising he still had the
			£1000, he decided his duty was to save it, so he galloped away, leaving his men to their fate.
			His men, however, were not harmed by the bushrangers who, having achieved their aim, fled
			into the surrounding scrub.
			In order to regain his lost prestige, Pottinger began an all-out war against the bushrangers. He
			led strong parties into the surrounding ranges and tracked down their hideouts. He bullied
			farmers into acting as spies and burned Ben Hall's old homestead to the ground. From an
			informer, he discovered that Frank Gardiner paid regular visits to his mistress, Kitty Brown, at
			her cottage near Wheogo. One night, after dark, Pottinger and eight men quietly surrounded
			the house. A horse was heard approaching and when only about five yards from him, Pottinger
			fired a shot at the rider but missed. It was, indeed, Gardiner, who immediately fled. Pottinger
			then entered Kitty Brown's cottage, where he ordered his men to arrest Kitty's 15-year-old
			brother.
			Two contemporary ballads commemorate this event…
			Up started then Sir Fred and his men,
			With cocked carbine in hand,
			And called aloud on the 'ranger proud
			On pain of death to stand.
			But the 'ranger proud he laughed aloud.
			And bounding rode away,
			While Sir Frederick Pott shut his eye for a shot,
			And missed in the usual way.
			In slumber sound a boy they found,
			And brave Sir Frederick said,
			'By a flash in the pan we missed the man
			So we'll take the boy instead!'
			Smarting under such attacks, Pottinger redoubled his efforts to break the Gardiner gang. He
			arrested a young stockman , 'Flash Dan' Charters who admitted to being present at the
			Eugowra Rocks robbery and implicated nine other local men, who were quickly rounded up
			and sent to Sydney for trial at which six of the prisoners were acquitted, two given life
			sentences and the remaining man was hanged.
			Although these arrests did not stop the outlaws, the country became a little quieter, but
			Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert were still around to plague Pottinger. In January 1865, Pottinger
			arranged to ride a friend's horse at a race meeting to be held at Wowingragong, near Forbes.
			Hearing of this, Hall and Gilbert vowed to attend the meeting and shoot Pottinger as he rode
			in the race. Pottinger was warned of their presence but made excuses to do nothing to
			capture them. Pottinger was branded a coward by a local settler, who wrote a lengthy
			complaint to Police headquarters in Sydney.
			As a result of this complaint, Pottinger was suspended from duty and called to Sydney to face
			an inquiry. Crossing the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, the coach in which Pottinger was
			travelling stopped for refreshments at Wascoe's Inn, near Springwood. Pottinger volunteered
			to get the lady passengers some peaches from an adjacent orchard. When the coachman
			called out 'All aboard!', Pottinger came running with his bag of fruit. To save time, and no doubt
			to also impress the ladies, he tried to vault the fence but fell and crashed heavily to the
			ground. An elaborate silver-mounted pistol he carried in his breast pocket exploded and a bullet
			ploughed into his chest. He was rushed to Sydney where he died on 9 April 1865.
			What of the other main characters in this story?
			Ben Hall was betrayed, ambushed and shot and killed by police on 5 May 1865. Johnny Gilbert
			suffered a similar fate on 13 May 1865. Frank Gardiner was luckier - he had been captured in
			1864 and sentenced to 32 years' in prison. After serving ten years, he was granted an early
			release provided he left the country. He went to the US where he is believed to have died in
			Colorado around 1904, the only Australian, as far as I know, to ever be exiled from his own
			country.
			The recent claim to the Pringle baronetcy
			A Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recently heard a claim to this baronetcy,
			judgment being handed down on 20 June 2016. My summary of this case is as follows:-
			The 8th baronet, Sir Norman Robert Pringle, married Florence Madge Vaughan on 16 October
			1902. She gave birth to a son, Norman Hamilton Pringle, on 13 May 1903, and later gave birth
			to two further sons, the elder of whom was Ronald Steuart Pringle, born 26 April 1905. Ronald
			Steuart Pringle, who died 24 July 1968, later married and had a son, Norman Murray Archibald
			MacGregor Pringle ["Murray"].
			On the death of the 8th baronet in 1919, his widow, Florence Madge Pringle, signed a statutory
			declaration in support of her son, Norman Hamilton Pringle, to be enrolled as the 9th baronet in
			which she stated that he was the son of the 8th baronet. Norman Hamilton Pringle was enrolled
			as the 9th baronet without any opposition. On his death in 1961, his son, Steuart Robert Pringle,
			was enrolled as the 10th baronet, again without any opposition. The 10th baronet had a
			distinguished military career, being created a KCB in 1982. On his death in 2013, his son, Simon
			Robert Pringle ["Simon"] would, in the normal course of events, have succeeded as 11th baronet.
			In about 2009, Murray established the "Pringle Surname Project" which sought to determine who
			was the current chief of the clan Pringle, whose last clan chief had died without a male heir in
			1737 or 1738. In October 2009, Murray wrote to Sir Steuart Pringle, explaining the purpose of
			the project and requesting a mouth swab from him for a DNA test.
			Subsequently, in July 2010, Murray wrote to Sir Steuart Pringle advising him of the results of
			the DNA testing results. These results showed that there were 12 differences between the
			results for the 10th baronet and Murray, and that, as a result, the 10th baronet and Simon were
			not related to the 8th baronet through the male line. He further pointed out that these results
			raised the question of who was the rightful baronet, and that, as a result, he had lodged a
			caveat with the Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage giving notice that he [Murray] had a claim
			on the baronetcy, and requesting that notice be given to him of any future claim lodged in
			respect of the baronetcy.
			In the meantime, Murray had obtained advice from a number of DNA-testing agencies, each of
			which reported that the 10th baronet and Murray were not related through any male line. One
			report stated that the two DNA profiles differed from each other to the extent that there was
			no support for the view that they had a common male origin in the last 1,000 years. The report
			concluded that the DNA tests provided very strong support for the view that the 8th baronet
			was Murray's grandfather, but was not the grandfather of Sir Steuart Pringle, the 10th baronet.
			The matter was heard by a Board the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, commencing in
			November 2015 and culminating in the Board's judgment on 20 June 2016. At the hearings,
			Simon did not dispute the DNA results, but argued that such evidence should not be admitted
			on the grounds of public policy. Although the courts have accepted DNA evidence in both civil
			and criminal cases, four arguments were advanced for its exclusion in this case. Each of these
			arguments is discussed below:-
			(1) It was submitted that under the Scottish law of prescription (the baronetcy is Scottish),
			Murray's claim had been extinguished by the passage of time. Time limits for the making of
			claims in Scotland are governed by the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973. The
			Board held that the right to succeed to a title of honour must survive the passage of time,
			and was therefore not able to be prescribed under the Act.
			(2) The defence of mora [undue delay], taciturnity [a failure to speak out in assertion of one's
			right or claim] and acquiescence [silent or passive assent to what has taken place] was also
			advanced. The board held that, since Murray did not know that he had a claim until he
			received the DNA results, this argument was excluded.
			(3) It was submitted that Sir Steuart's DNA had been obtained on a false premise, since Sir
			Steuart had consented to Murray's use of the DNA only for establishing who was the chief of
			the clan Pringle, and that to use the DNA for any other purpose was a breach of
			confidentiality. The Board held that Sir Steuart Pringle must have been aware that details of
			his DNA might be submitted to the Lord Lyon and that if his DNA were to exclude him from a
			claim to be the clan chief, it might also form the basis of a challenge to his entitlement to
			the baronetcy. As a result, the Board was not persuaded that Murray had breached a
			confidence or misused private information.
			(4) It was claimed that Murray's use of Sir Steuart's DNA involved a breach of the Data
			Protection Act. The Board decided that, even if Murray had breached this Act, that would
			not be sufficient to render the DNA evidence as inadmissible.
			On 20 June 2016, the Board, in its judgment, found that there was no legal ground for the
			exclusion of the DNA evidence, which demonstrated to a high degree of probability that
			Norman Hamilton Pringle was not the son of the 8th baronet. The Board therefore concluded
			that
			(i) Simon is not the grand grandson of the 8th baronet and is not the heir male of the 1st
			baronet; and
			(ii) Murray is the grandson of the 8th baronet and is, as the heir male of the 1st baronet,
			entitled to succeed to the baronetcy.
			Sir Charles Pym, 2nd baronet
			Sir Charles died as a result of being run through by a rapier following an argument in a tavern
			on 4 May 1688. A contemporary pamphlet, published on 1 June 1688, gives the following
			details of the indictment and the facts of Sir Charles's death:-
			'[The] Clerk [read the indictment]: You Gentlemen of the Jury, look upon the Prisoners at the
			Bar, and hearken to their Charge, they stand Indicted by the names of Rowland Walters,
			Dearing Bradshaw and Ambrose Cave, Gent. for that they, not having the fear of God before
			their eyes, but being instigated and seduced by the Devil and their own wicked hearts, on the
			fourth day of May, in the Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James the
			Second, in the Parish of St. Nicholas Cole-Abby, in and upon Sir Charles Pymm, Bar.,
			Feloniously, willfully, and of their malice before thought, did make an Assault; and that he,
			the said Rowland Walters, having then and there in his right hand, a certain Rapier made of
			Iron and Steel, of the value of about 5 s[hillings] and thrust him the said Sir Charles Pymm in
			and upon the right side of him the said Sir Charles Pymm, a little above the right Pap, did
			strike and thrust as aforesaid, giving him the said Sir Charles Pymm, a little above the right
			Pap, one mortal Wound of the breadth of one Inch, of the depth of ten Inches; and that they
			the said Dearing Bradshaw and Ambrose Cave, were present, aiding, abetting, and assisting
			him the said Rowland Walters in the perpetration of the said wilful Murther of him the said Sir
			Charles Pymm; so that they three, the Prisoners at the Bar, with malice fore-thought, did
			intentionally Kill and Destroy, and Murther him the said Sir Charles Pymm…………'
			The actual details of the killing were outlined to the Court as follows:-
			'My Lords, this Murther fell out on the fourth day of May last after this manner, viz. The said
			Sir Charles Pymm, one Mr. Mirriday and Mr. Neale, and Sir Thomas Middleton and others
			dined at the Swan Tavern upon Fish-street-hill; after they were come into the House, they
			went up stairs, after which the Prisoners at the Bar came into the House, and took another
			Room to Dine of Beef and other things. But one of Sir Charles's Company desired to have a
			Plate of it; upon which Mr. Clowdsley told them some Gentlemen had bespoke it for Dinner,
			but he said he would get them a Plate of it, which was sent up, and ordered to be reckoned
			into Mr. Walters the Prisoners Bill; after Dinner they drank their Healths, and returned them
			thanks for their Beef; and towards the Evening Sir Charles Pymm and his Friends came down
			stairs and met the Prisoners at the bottom, and Mr. Cave asked them how they liked the
			Beef that was sent up; upon which one in the company answered , and told them, they did
			not send it, for they had paid for it; upon which farther words arose, and Mr. Bradshaw drew
			his Sword and fell upon Sir Charles Pymm, but he got out into the Streets, after which Mr.
			Walters came forth, and plucked Sir Charles Pymm by the arms, and forced him to fight with
			him, saying, here is my hand, and here is my Sword; and as soon as he was in the Street,
			he received this mortal Wound, and so fell down dead; and after this Mr. Walters took him
			by the nape of the neck, and dashed his head upon the ground and cried out, God Damn you,
			you are dead; and said farther, let the Sword alone in his body. My Lords, this shall be
			proved to be done, without any manner of provocation; and if so, I hope your Lordships
			will find him guilty of willful Murther.'
			Because the prosecution were unable to satisfy the Court that the prisoners had acted
			with premeditation (the Judge described the incident as a "hot and sudden Frolick"), Walters
			was found guilty of manslaughter only, and the other two prisoners were acquitted.
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