Ratcliffe Pring

The Hon
Ratcliffe Pring
QC
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Eastern Downs
In office
27 April 1860 – 22 April 1862
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJohn Donald McLean
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Town of Ipswich
In office
30 May 1863 – 4 August 1866
Preceded byFrederick Forbes
Succeeded byGeorge Reed
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Burnett
In office
22 April 1867 – 17 August 1870
Preceded byCharles Robert Haly
Succeeded byBerkeley Moreton
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Town of Brisbane
In office
17 August 1870 – 11 January 1872
Preceded bySimon Fraser
Succeeded byJohn Handy
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Carnarvon
In office
25 November 1873 – 2 January 1874
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byWilliam Miles
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Brisbane City
In office
12 February 1878 – 15 November 1878
Preceded bySimon Fraser
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Fortitude Valley
In office
26 November 1878 – 28 May 1879
Preceded byFrancis Beattie
Succeeded byFrancis Beattie
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
24 April 1862 – 26 May 1863
Personal details
Born(1825-10-17)17 October 1825
Crediton, Devon, England
Died26 March 1885(1885-03-26) (aged 59)
Brisbane, Queensland
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
SpouseFrances Pye
OccupationBarrister, Judge

His Honour the Honourable Ratcliffe Pring (17 October 1825 – 26 March 1885)[1] was a lawyer, politician and the first Attorney-General in colonial Queensland.[2]

  1. ^ "The Late Mr. Justice Pring". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 27 March 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Pring, His Honour the Hon. Ratcliffe" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.