City Mourns First Lord Mayor: Tributes at Funeral: Maces Draped in Black: Council Duties Recalled: … With the soft strains of “O rest in me Lord” screaming from the organ and gradually filling the church, representatives of every aspect of civic and private life in Plymouth stood reverently to attention as the coffin bearing the mortal remains of the late Ald. J. E. Pillar, Plymouth’s first Lord Mayor, who died on July 12, was borne from St. Andrew’s Church after the funeral service yesterday morning … (description and long list of attendees, includes) … F. W. H. Pinsent (District Valuer) …
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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948