The Mayor’s Ball: Brilliant Spectacle: Only once before has the Council House been the scene of such a romantic and picturesque comedy as that which was played within its stately walls last evening, when Mr. Richard Chamberlain, M.P. was Mayor of the City he gave, in April, 1881, a ball of similar character and magnificence as that with Alderman Clayton has distinguished his second years of office … (description) … There was an Eskimo in heavy furs and spectacles, and Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent kept him in countenance as Laplanders in holiday costume … … (Other invitees included) … Mr. H. C. Pinsent, … Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pinsent …
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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948