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Rear-Admiral John Eliot Pringle

Rear-Admiral John Eliot Pringle

Male 1842 - 1908  (65 years)

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  • Name John Eliot Pringle 
    Title Rear-Admiral 
    Born 03 Apr 1842  Paris, France B. S. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christened 15 May 1842  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1851  13 Kensington-gardens, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Subscription 1853  'The Principles of War' by A.F. Lendy (as Master Eliot Pringle) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Royal Navy Service 1854  Flag Officer Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Education Jan 1855  Royal Naval Cadet at Royal Naval College Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Royal Navy Service 07 Jun 1861  Royal Navy: Acting Sub-Lieutenant Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Royal Navy Service 17 Apr 1862  Royal Navy: Acting Lieutenant Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Royal Navy Service 13 Oct 1863  Pringle Rescues O'Neil (Overboard from The Scylla) Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 06 Jan 1875  Promoted to Lieutenant Commanding Gun-Boat Tyrian Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Royal Navy Service 25 Jan 1876  Royal Navy: Commander Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Royal Navy Service 1878  Listed as Commander of "The Vulture" Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Royal Navy Service 05 Oct 1878  The Vulture in the Persian Gulf Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Royal Navy Service 21 Oct 1879  The Vulture leaves Bushire for Bahrein Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 10 Jan 1880  The Vulture arrives at Bombay Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 27 Mar 1880  The Vulture is at Muscat Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 22 May 1880  The Vulture at Bushire (to leave for Kurrachee and Bombay at end of May) Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Royal Navy Service 14 Oct 1880  The Vulture arrives at Devonport from the East Indies Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Royal Navy Service 16 Oct 1880  The Vulture leaves Devonport for Sheerness to be Paid Off Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 21 Oct 1880  The Vulture arrives at Sheerness from the East India Station Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Royal Navy Service 24 Feb 1882  Appointed Commander of The Falcon Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Royal Navy Service 30 Oct 1882  The Falcon leaves Alexandria for Malta Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 20 Nov 1882  The Falcon leaves for Alexandria (with mails) Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 20 Jan 1883  The Falcon ordered to Port Said Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Royal Navy Service 31 Oct 1883  The Falcon at Constantinople Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Royal Navy Service Between 1884 and 1885  Captain of HMS Falcon Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Royal Navy Service 10 Apr 1884  The Falcon leaves Syracuse Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Royal Navy Service 20 Jun 1884  The Falcon arrives in Gibraltar Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Royal Navy Service 29 Jun 1884  The Falcon leaves Gibraltar for Malta Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Royal Navy Service 04 Dec 1884  The Falcon at Massowah Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    Royal Navy Service 23 Dec 1884  The Falcon arrives at Suakim from Massowah Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    Royal Navy Service 31 Dec 1884  Promoted to Captain Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 
    Royal Navy Service 16 Dec 1885  The Falcon at Suakin (leaving for Suez on the arrival of The Dolphin) Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Residence Bef 1886  Digswell House, Welwyn, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Royal Navy Service 20 Jun 1887  Appointed to The Cyclops Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Occupation 02 Apr 1888  Magistrate for Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [33] 
    Royal Navy Service 20 Oct 1890  Captain of HMS Carysfort Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    Royal Navy Service Abt 04 Nov 1890  The Carysfort Ordered to Return Home to Pay Off Find all individuals with events at this location  [35] 
    Residence 1891  The Mansions, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Retired 16 Apr 1892  Officially placed on the Retirement List at the Admiralty (by his own request). Find all individuals with events at this location  [36] 
    Residence 1901  65 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location  [37] 
    Residence Between 1901 and 1908  Broke Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (After April of 1901) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 06 Mar 1908  His Villa at San Remo, Bordighera, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [38] 
    Probate 09 Jul 1908  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [38] 
    Buried Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00763  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2021 

    Father John Henry Pringle,   b. 07 Oct 1809, St. James, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1868, Creux d'Enfer, Bex, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Georgiana Ramsbottom,   b. 20 Oct 1809, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1884, Dunford's Hotel, Malta Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F00072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Eliza Inez "Inez" Hulbert,   b. 06 Jan 1841, Tottenham, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1913, Wheathampstead House, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 23 Oct 1886  Parish Church, Ayot St. Laurence, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [39] 
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John Eliot Pringle, R.N.    		John Eliot Pringle, R.N.
    Courtesy of Lady Jauncey
    Image may not be used without written permission.

  • Notes 



  • Sources 
    1. Scan of Original Baptism Record.

    2. 1851 England Census (Middlesex, Paddington, St John Paddington, 04, 43-4 of 47).

    3. "The Principles of War" by A.F. Lendy, Parker, Furnivall and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall, 1853.

    4. "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons" 1860, page 249.

    5. "Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle" 13 January 1855, page 5.

    6. "The Navy List", Gt. Britain Admiralty, 1862, (Corrected to 20 June 1862), page 39.

    7. "North London News" Saturday, 24 Oct 1863, page 6.

    8. "Hampshire Telegraph" Wednesday, 06 Jan 1875, page 2.

    9. "The Navy List" Geo. Eyre & Wm. Spottiswoode, 1882, Alphabetical List of Officers, page 77 Footnote:.

    10. "The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present", By Sir William Laird Clowes et al, pub by S. Low, Marston & co, 1903, Volume 7, page 289.

    11. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 30 Nov 1878, page 4.

    12. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 27 Dec 1879, page 8.

    13. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 10 Jan 1880, page 4.

    14. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 27 Mar 1880, page 4.

    15. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 22 May 1880, page 4.

    16. "London Standard" Monday, 18 Oct 1880, page 2.

    17. "Portsmouth Evening News" Thursday, 21 Oct 1880, page 2.

    18. "Morning Post" Saturday, 25 Feb 1882, page 3.

    19. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 04 Nov 1882, page 4.

    20. "Portsmouth Evening News" Thursday, 23 Nov 1882, page 2.

    21. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 20 Jan 1883, page 4.

    22. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 17 Nov 1883, page 8.

    23. http://warsailors.com/forum/read.php?1,25295,25296.

    24. "Morning Post" Wednesday, 16 April 1884, page 5.

    25. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday 28 Jun 1884, page 8.

    26. "Morning Post" Wednesday, 02 Jul 1884, page 5.

    27. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 27 Dec 1884, page 8.

    28. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 07 Feb 1885, page 4.

    29. "The Navy List" 1891, page 74.

    30. "Hampshire Advertiser" Saturday, 16 Jan 1886, page 8.

    31. "Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage" by John Debrett, Dean & Son, 1931, page 86.

    32. "Morning Post" Tuesday, 21 Jun 1887, page 2.

    33. "Hertford Mercury and Reformer" 07 April 1888, page 3.

    34. http://www.worldnavalships.com/.

    35. "Morning Post" Tuesday, 04 Nov 1890, page 5.

    36. "The Times" (London), 20 Apr 1892, page 6.

    37. 1901 England Census (England, London, Chelsea, Chelsea North, District 20, 6 of 33).

    38. "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" (1908, P, PR, 13).

    39. Marriage notice in The Times, 26 October 1886.