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The Clan Pringle Association
A registered Scottish charity: SC043865
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About Us
Welcome to the Clan Pringle Association Website!
The surname Pringle is one of the oldest place-names from the Scottish Borders. Pringles have lived in the Gala Water area of the Scottish Borders since the Dark Ages and the surname was first recorded in the reign of King Alexander III of Scots in the mid-13th century. It is a Scottish place-name and is derived from the name of our original homestead “Hoppringill” in the Parish of Stow of Wedale. If you are a Pringle you are welcome to join our Clan Association which was constituted in 2012, to come along and meet us and our clan chief Sir Murray Pringle, 10th Bart., at our clan gatherings and you are also welcome to join our Pringle DNA project. If you are interested in Pringle genealogy, please visit our Genealogy Resources Page. You can also download and read our Clan Pringle Newsletter.
Information about the next Pringle Clan Gathering is to be found in our latest newsletter.
Upcoming Events
25th-28th June 2025 – International Clan Pringle Gathering in Scotland, including:
- Wednesday 25th June 2025:
- Initial get together – possibly in Melrose in one of the hotels there.
- Braw Lads Gathering ride out to Torwoodlee, hosted by Laird James Pringle at Torwoodlee. See: www.TheBrawLadsGathering.co.uk
- Thursday 26th June 2025: Tour of historic Pringle related sites, towers and houses.
- Friday 27th June 2025: the main Pringle Gathering event –
- Attend our 12th Clan Pringle Association Annual General Meeting,
- Ceremony of recognising and pledging allegiance to our new clan chief,
- Be one of the first to receive a CPA membership certificate (signed by our clan chief and association chairman),
- Guest Speeches,
- Displays of Pringle memorabilia,
- Possibly a barbeque at Torwoodlee.
- Meet other Pringles from all over the world.
- Saturday 28th June 2025: The Braw Lads Festival in Galashiels town centre. See: www.TheBrawLadsGathering.co.uk
Register your interest in attending the Clan Gathering here.
Download the Pringle Clan Gathering flyer here: Scotland 2025 Pringle Gathering Flyer-1
See our Newsletter for more information and updates.
Zoom Meetings
The CPA has regular Zoom Meetings, please see the CPA Newsletter for more details and for the date of the next meeting.
OBJECTIVES:
To raise the public profile of the clan and highlight the honour of the Pringle name.
To promote Pringle history and to correct the errors of previous historians.
To protect and preserve the historical sites that have been the home to Pringles throughout history.
To conduct Pringle genealogical research and DNA research.
To include the worldwide Pringle diaspora in the Clan Pringle Association.
To provide a forum through which Pringles can contact and communicate with each other.
MISSION STATEMENT:
“To connect our family worldwide; to share, research and preserve its history.”
Pringle historic homes:
Buckholm Tower is yet to be stabilized and is still suffering damage from the weather.
Support Us
The Pringle Charity Fund:
The Clan Pringle Association met the charity test and achieved charitable status in 2013, under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and was entered into the Scottish Charity Register. The Clan Pringle Association charity is regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).
To make a charitable donation to the Clan Pringle Association, please send a donation via PayPal to our Treasurer at:
Our charitable aims and objectives are:
Your charity’s registered name is: The Clan Pringle Association
Your charity number is: SC043865
Your charity was registered on: 18 March 2013
Your principal contact address is: Torwoodlee, Galashiels, Scotland, TD1 1TZ
Your charitable purposes are: G – the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Your charitable objectives are: To preserve the Pringle family’s traditions, sites, artifacts and records and to study its history, culture and relationships with other Scottish families and similar organisations by scientific, genealogical, archaeological and other research and make the results publically available to interested parties. The work to advance the knowledge of Scotland’s culture and heritage will be disseminated as widely as possible.
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