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Colonies and India: Saturday 25th February 1893

Royal Colonial Institute: Annual Meeting: the annual meeting of the Fellows of this Institute was held on February 21st in Northumberland Avenue, Sir Frederick Young occupying the chair … (discussion) … The following papers have been arranged: …  April 11: Sir Robert Pinsent, “Newfoundland up to Date”.

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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893 

East and South Devon Advertiser: Saturday 18th February 1893

Forthcoming Variety Concert: We wish to call the attention of our readers to the Variety Concert which has been arranged by Mr. C. B. Kay in aid of the Newton Football Club, and is to take place in the Alexandra Hall, on Thursday evening next … artistes who have promised to assist including … W. H. Pinsent (whistler) …

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GRO0897 Devonport: William Henry Pinsent: 1874 – 1949

Birmingham Daily Post: Tuesday 14th February 1893

In the Matter of Edmund Boughton & Co. (Limited and Reduced): and in the Matter of the Companies Acts 1867 and 1877: Notice is hereby given that a petition for confirming a resolution reducing the capital of the said company from £50,000 to £30,000 was, on the 15th January 1893, presented to her Majesty’s High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) and that such petition will be in the paper for hearing on Saturday the 25th day of February 1893, when any creditor who desires to object may attend and be heard: Dated the 7th day of February, 1893: Field, Roscoe, & Co., 36 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C. agents for Smith, Pinsent, and Co., Birmingham, Solicitors for the Petitioners.

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Birmingham Daily Post: Saturday 11th February 1893

Birmingham County Court: Mr. Registrar Parry yesterday made a receiving order in the matter of William Southon, residing at 71 Bloomsbury Street, Birmingham, and carry on business at 53, Ashted Row, Corn dealer and Government contractor. The debtor was also adjudicated a bankrupt. Messrs. Smith, Pinsent and Co. are solicitors in the proceedings.

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Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 9th February 1893

Birmingham Law Society: The annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society was held yesterday at the Law Library, Wellington Passage. Mr. L. W. Lewis (president) occupied the chair; amongst those present were Alderman Johnson, Councillors Beale and Bradley, Dr. Showell Rogers, Dr. E. Rogers, Messrs. C. E. Mathews, S. Balden, C. T. Saunders. M. Hooper, A. Bennett, E. Bickley, W. Thomas, A. H. Coley. W. Coley, J. Moore Bayley, E. L. Tyndall, A. Godlee, T. H. Russell (hon. sec.), T. Horton, J. R. Shore, R. A. Pinsent, W. S. Harding, A. K. O’Conner, J. Ansell, T. G. Lee, A. L. Crockford, C. Brady, G. Huggins, F. A. Chatwin etc … (discussion) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Madras Weekly Mail: Thursday 26th January 1893

The Governor at the Harbour: On the 17th instant, His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. J. H. Garstin and Captain Lord Douglas Compton, A.D.C., visited the Harbour. At 4.45 p.m. the party arrived at the Harbour Office, and were received by Mr. W. P. Austin, Chairman, Mr. A. Lee Pogson, Engineer, Mr. C. Pinsent, Secretary, and Messrs. … (continues) … The party entered three trolleys and were trollied over the southern groyne, at the sea end of which they entered the steam launch Lady Wenlock and steamed across the Harbour to the sea end of the northern Groyne. Here the party disembarked and then getting onto the northern groyne inspected the Allround Titan Crane work. After spending about twenty minutes here the party were trollied down the northern groyne to the Harbour Office, where his Excellency, after expressing himself much pleased with all that he had seen, left at about 5.45 p.m.

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GRO0133 India: Charles Powell Tronson Pinsent: 1849 – 1904

London Standard: Monday 23rd January 1893

Homeless Boys of London: Funds are greatly needed to meet the current expenses of the training ships Arethusa and Chichester and the seven homes on shore under the management of the committee of the National Refuges for Homeless and Destitute Children. Founded by the late William Williams Esq. In 1843, nearly 1000 boys and girls are now being supported in these ships and homes: …

Contributions received on the 11th and 12th January: … (includes) … Mrs. Pinsent £11 0s 0d. …….

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Anglo-American Times: Saturday 21st January 1893

THE meeting of the Behring Sea arbitrators in Paris on February 23rd will be purely informal, for the intention is to adjourn till May or June, when the arbitration will be commenced. The new Government at Washington will then have been inaugurated. Sir Robert J. Pensent, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, has been interviewed. He fails to comprehend, if International Law has any practical meaning, how the claim of the United States can be justified or sustained, and he adds, that the “tacking and filling” by the American side of the Salisbury-Blaine correspondence shows the hollowness of the contention that the Behring Sea differs in any respect from the great waters of any kind anywhere on the globe.

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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893 

Liverpool Journal of Commerce: Wednesday 18th January 1893

Highland Scot Canning Company – A Disastrous Report: The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held yesterday at 17 Throgmorton Avenue, London. Mr. R. J. Neild occupied the chair, and on our reporter presenting himself for admission he was refused admittance by the secretary, who stated that the company was a private concern, and not in any way a public company. … … The report of the directors for the year ended August 31, 1892 showed a balance at the debit of profit and loss account on August 1892 of £154,439 1s 9d. The report further stated: In view of the depressed condition of the meat market it would not have been a surprise to the board that the result of the year’s working should have shown little, if any, profit … discussion … One of the directors, Mr. Ross Pinsent, left for Buenos Ayres in September, and has since his arrival there been engaged in carefully investigating the company’s position and prospects on that side. … … (continues) …

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GRO0009 Devonport: Adolphus Ross Pinsent: 1851 – 1929

Civil & Military Gazette (Pakistan): Wednesday 18th January 1893

New Novels: A. J. Combridge & Co. Bombay: … (list includes) … Jenny’s Case, by E. F. Pinsent: Rs. 2 a 8. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949