Board of Control: Retirement of Mrs. E. F. Pinsent: The King, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, has approved the appointment of Miss Ruth Darwin as a senior commissioner of the Board of Control in Succession to Mrs. Ellen F. Pinsent, C.B.E., Mrs. Pinsent, who will retire on 31st July, has had a long and distinguished career of public service. She served for many years on the Birmingham Education Committee and on the City Council and was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble minded, 1904 to 1909. She was an honorary commissioner of the Board of Control from 1913 to 1920, and a commissioner from 1921 to 1930, and has been a senior commissioner since 1st January 1931, when the board was recognised under the Mental Treatment Act, 1930. She represented the board on the Joint Committee on Mental Deficiency 1924 to 1929. She is an honorary M. A. of Birmingham University and was created C. B. E. in 1925.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949