Sir Robert Pinsent, the able Chief Justice of Newfoundland, has just arrived in England, accompanied by Lady Pinsent. Sir Robert, who is now in his fifty-ninth year, is a Newfoundlander and a son of the late Judge Pinsent, of the Court of Labrador. He was called to the Bar in 1856, and after has been, successively, Attorney – General and Solicitor – General of Newfoundland, was appointed a Puisne Judge in 1880. He is the author of several treatises on the Fisheries question, on which he is generally allowed to be one of the best living authorities.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893
GRO0748 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1798 – 1876