Ratcliffe Pring
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The Hon Ratcliffe Pring QC |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Eastern Downs |
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In office 27 April 1860 – 22 April 1862 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | John Donald McLean |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Town of Ipswich |
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In office 30 May 1863 – 4 August 1866 Serving with Henry Challinor, Arthur Macalister |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Forbes |
| Succeeded by | George Reed |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett |
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In office 22 April 1867 – 17 August 1870 Serving with Robert Mackenzie, Charles Haly |
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| Preceded by | Charles Robert Haly |
| Succeeded by | Berkeley Moreton |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Town of Brisbane |
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In office 17 August 1870 – 11 January 1872 Serving with Kevin O'Doherty, George Edmondstone |
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| Preceded by | Simon Fraser |
| Succeeded by | John Handy |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Carnarvon |
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In office 25 November 1873 – 2 January 1874 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | William Miles |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Brisbane City |
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In office 12 February 1878 – 15 November 1878 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Fraser |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fortitude Valley |
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In office 26 November 1878 – 28 May 1879 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Beattie |
| Succeeded by | Francis Beattie |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 24 April 1862 – 26 May 1863 |
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17 October 1825 Crediton, Devon, England |
| Died | 26 March 1885 (aged 59) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Pye |
| Occupation | Barrister, Judge |
| Religion | Church of England |
His Honour the Honourable Ratcliffe Pring (17 October 1825 – 26 March 1885) was a lawyer, politician and the first Attorney-General in colonial Queensland.
Pring was born on 17 October 1825 at Crediton, Devon, England, the second son of Thomas E. Pring, solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and entered at the Inner Temple in November 1845, being called to the Bar in June 1849.
Pring suffered from bronchitis which motivated him to immigrate to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1853. He practised as a barrister on the Moreton Bay, Bathurst and Goulburn court circuits of New South Wales with much success.
In 1857 a Northern Supreme Court for New South Wales was established in Brisbane. Pring was appointed as its Crown Prosecutor and a Queen's Counsel by Sir William Montagu Manning, the Solicitor-General for New South Wales. Pring took up residence in Brisbane in April 1857, when the court opened.
On 27 March 1860 Pring was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the district of Eastern Downs, and served under (later Sir) Robert Herbert as Attorney-General in the first Ministry formed under responsible government from December 1859 to August 1865. In the second Herbert Ministry he filled the same office from July to August 1866. He was also Attorney-General in the Robert Mackenzie Ministry from August 1867 to November 1868; in the Charles Lilley Government from November 1869 to May 1870; and in the first Thomas McIlwraith Administration from May 1879 to June 1880, when he accepted a puisne judgeship of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
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