Background
Originally thought to have come from Italy in 1742, and born there in 1692, he was in fact the son of Thomas Pingo Senior (1688 – after 1743) of Plumbtree Court, London.
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Thomas Pingo
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He worked for the Royal Mint in London. The Pingo family first appeared in London in the 1650s in the Parish of Street Martins in the Fields. His subjects included Charles Edward Stuart (Bonny Prince Charlie) and King George III of Great Britain.
His was appointed Assistant Engraver at the Mint in 1771.
Another son, Benjamin Pingo (1749-1794), was Rouge Dragon Pursuivant (1780-1786) and York Herald (1786-1794) in the College of Arms.
