Mr. C. Pinsent was, on the 17th inst., unanimously elected Secretary of the Harbour Trust by the non-official members of the Board. The official members refrained from voting. The election is unobjectionable; indeed, the trustees may be congratulated on finding ready to hand a comparatively young man, who spent many years in the service of the Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Company, both afloat and ashore and has of late years been connected with local commerce, and the local freight market. Mr. Pinsent commenced his business career as an Assistant Purser in the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s “Home Service” between Southampton, Alexandria and Marseille in 1866, before the opening of the Canal, and was transferred in 1868 to the Calcutta Suez line. In 1870 he proceeded to Bombay and was placed by the Superintendent in charge of the dock yard accounts at the Company’s Mazagon Office, being subsequently promoted to a responsible position in the Central, or Fort Office in that city. Mr. Pinsent’s qualifications were recognized by his being, in 1872, specially selected for the appointment of Chief Assistant In the Company’s Madras Agency, where be served with much credit to himself, and satisfaction to his employers until 1876, when he resigned the service of the Company to join the firm of Shaw and Winch. He is active in his habits, is blessed with a cheery disposition, and is courteous and shrewd. His early training should now stand him in good stead; and should the Board direct him to go at once to Bombay, to look up the officers of the Port Trust of that city, and to gain an insight into their methods, regulations, and experience, he should soon be in a position to put things in proper trim for the local Trust.
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GRO0133 India: Charles Powell Tronson Pinsent: 1849 – 1904