Robert Darlow PRING (1853

Robert Darlow PRING (1853 - 1922)

Judge

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Percy Gidley PRING (1883 - 1923) Ethel PRING (1884 - 1971) Philip PRING (1886 - 1964) Sydney PRING (1887 - 1952)	Robert Darlow PRING (1853 - 1922) + Mary Jane KING (1858 - 1943)	John PRING (1818 - 1910)	John PRING (1782 - 1832)

			Elizabeth BEADON (1781 - )

		Elizabeth Newnhan TOOTH (1830 - 1899)

b. 29 Jan 1853 at Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia

m. 11 Jun 1882 Mary Jane KING (1858 - 1943) at Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

d. 14 Aug 1922 at Leura, New South Wales, Australia aged 69

Near Relatives of Robert Darlow PRING (1853 - 1922)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John PRING	abt 1782	Somerset, England	1832	Somerset, England	50
Grandmother	Elizabeth BEADON	abt 1781

Father in Law	Frederick KING
Mother in Law	Mary J (KING)

Father	John PRING	16 Dec 1818	West Buckland, Somerset, England	20 Apr 1910	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	91
Mother	Elizabeth Newnhan TOOTH	26 Mar 1830	Cranbrook, Kent, England	16 Jul 1899	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	69

Self	Robert Darlow PRING	29 Jan 1853	Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia	14 Aug 1922	Leura, New South Wales, Australia	69

Wife	Mary Jane KING	27 Sep 1858	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	11 Feb 1943	Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia	84

Son	Percy Gidley PRING	31 Aug 1883	Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia	15 Apr 1923	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	39
Daughter	Ethel PRING	03 Nov 1884	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1971	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Son	Philip PRING	15 Jun 1886	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	21 Dec 1964	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	78
Son	Sydney PRING	30 Nov 1887	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	10 Oct 1952	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	64

Sister	Frances PRING	03 Jun 1849	Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia	05 Apr 1887	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	37
Brother	Thomas PRING	03 Dec 1850	Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia	27 Mar 1910	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	59
Sister	Louisa Anne PRING	19 Oct 1855	Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia	13 Jul 1941	Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia	85
Brother	Frederick PRING	18 Jun 1858	Lachlan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jul 1900	Bendick Murrell, New South Wales, Australia	42
Sister	Rosalie PRING	21 Sep 1860	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	30 Oct 1936	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	76
Sister	Emily PRING	18 Jun 1862	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	23 Sep 1943	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	81
Sister	Amy PRING	04 Apr 1864	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	19 Apr 1949	Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia	85
Brother	Arthur PRING	16 Dec 1866	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	12 Jul 1939	Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia	72
Brother	George PRING	12 May 1868	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	29 Oct 1943	Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia	75
Sister	Marion PRING	24 Oct 1869	Young, New South Wales, Australia	24 Jun 1893	St Peters, New South Wales, Australia	23
Sister	Bessie PRING	11 Jul 1871	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	04 Feb 1965	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	93

Daughter in Law	Lillian Constance ANNING
Son in Law	Sidney Alexander HUDSON
Daughter in Law	Phyllis Percy FOORD	1894		1976		82

Niece	Una Elizabeth Newnham MARSDEN	06 Mar 1882	Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia	1937	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	55
Nephew	Garnet Dudley Lyle MARSDEN	31 Jan 1886	Sylvia Vale, New South Wales, Australia	23 Sep 1926	Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia	40
Nephew	Reginald Edward PRING	22 Oct 1881	Bendick Murrell, New South Wales, Australia	21 Apr 1973	Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia	91
Niece	Daisy Isabel PRING	21 Oct 1887	Bendick Murrell, New South Wales, Australia	13 Sep 1924	Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia	36
Niece	Ruby Frances PRING	31 Dec 1889		05 Oct 1946		56

Brother in Law	John Charles Ellison RICH	1845	Auckland, New Zealand	1898	Nymagee, New South Wales, Australia	53
Sister in Law	Emily Grace WEAVER	1865	Scone, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jun 1901	Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia	36
Brother in Law	James MARSDEN	10 Jul 1842	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	27 Dec 1924	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Helen Isabel DAVIS
Brother in Law	William Gilbert Arding THOMAS
Sister in Law	Grace louise DOWLING

Events in Robert Darlow PRING (1853 - 1922)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
29 Jan 1853		Robert Darlow PRING was born	Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia		71
11 Jun 1882	29	Married Mary Jane KING (aged 23)	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia		71
31 Aug 1883	30	Birth of son Percy Gidley PRING	Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia		71
03 Nov 1884	31	Birth of daughter Ethel PRING	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia		71
15 Jun 1886	33	Birth of son Philip PRING	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia		71
30 Nov 1887	34	Birth of son Sydney PRING	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia		71
16 Jul 1899	46	Death of mother Elizabeth Newnhan TOOTH (aged 69)	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia		71
20 Apr 1910	57	Death of father John PRING (aged 91)	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia		71
14 Aug 1922	69	Robert Darlow PRING died	Leura, New South Wales, Australia		71
		Burial	Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

Source References:

62. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Title: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition, Publ: ANU, Locn: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm

- Reference = https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pring-robert-darlow-8118 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Robert Darlow Pring (1853–1922)
by W. G. McMinn
Robert Darlow Pring (1853-1922), judge, was born on 29 January 1853 at Mangoplah near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, second son of John Pring, squatter, and his wife Elizabeth Newnham, née Tooth. He was educated under Rev. G. F. Macarthur in 1866-70, first at Macquarie Fields, then transferring with him in 1868 to The King's School, Parramatta, where Pring was dux, school captain and colour sergeant. After attending the University of Sydney (B.A., 1873; M.A., 1875), he read in the chambers of (Sir) M. Henry Stephen and was called to the Bar on 15 December 1874. He rapidly developed a reputation for legal learning and skill in pleading, and built up a large common-law practice, becoming expert in the labyrinthine New South Wales land laws. At Ashfield on 11 July 1882 he married Mary Jane King, a great-granddaughter of Governor King.

After a brief term as an acting justice, Pring was appointed to the Supreme Court bench in 1902. As a judge he was impatient of legal technicalities, and his willingness to cut through them to expedite hearings led, during his early years on the bench, to some of his judgments being upset on appeal. Utterly humourless, given to ex cathedra moralizing, he was occasionally baited by the more lively barristers: he once threatened to commit for contempt the leader of the Federal Opposition, (Sir) George Reid, who delighted in upsetting his solemnity. By 1912, however, he was generally considered to be one of the calmest and best lawyers on the bench.

Pring was judge in 1916 when twelve members of the Industrial Workers of the World were prosecuted for conspiracy. Although probably 'biased by education and training and social environment' against the accused, he conducted the trial with scrupulous propriety. However he imposed heavy sentences, and his references to the need for 'strong and drastic steps' against the I.W.W. led to the passing of the stringent Crimes Prevention Act (1916). Pring also presided over conspiracy hearings in connexion with the railway strike next year. He was acting chief justice in 1918-19, declining the additional salary as a gesture to wartime economy.

Completely detached from politics, Pring five times acted as sole royal commissioner into political scandals. In 1914 he inquired into the State government's purchase of the Boorabil estate and exposed the danger of politicians acting as paid agents. In 1916 he investigated allegations of corruption in connexion with the proposed state monopoly of the petrol industry and substantially exculpated the responsible minister A. H. Griffith. In 1919, with two lay assessors, he conducted three inquiries into the administration of the State Wheat Office and allegations of bribery implicating another minister, W. C. Grahame. He was unable to reach definite conclusions but was sceptical of Grahame's evidence that large sums of money he had acquired had come from betting: the minister was forced to resign. However next year he exonerated J. Dooley and T. D. Mutch from accusations of having accepted bribes to attempt to terminate the royal commission.

Although of 'retiring disposition', Pring was prominent in sundry charities, including the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives and the Bush Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, and was for twenty-three years a churchwarden of the Anglican parish of Summer Hill. He was a governor of The King's School in 1915-22 and president of the Old Boy's Union in 1906-21. He retired in June 1922 and died of cancer in hospital at Leura on 14 August; he was buried in Rookwood cemetery. His wife, three sons and a daughter survived him.

71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/

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- Reference = 347 (Name, Notes)

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