Edgbaston Unionists: Successor to Councillor Mrs. Pinsent: Miss Martineau Chosen: Lieutenant-General Phelps presided night at the Vestry Hall, Islington Row, Edgbaston, at a meeting of the General Committee of the Edgbaston Ward Liberal Unionist Association, convened to consider the adoption of Miss C. Martineau as a candidate in succession to Councillor Mrs. Hume Pinsent, who is retiring from the municipal representation of the ward. The Chairman proposed that Miss Martineau be adopted, as recommended by the Executive Committee. Councillor Yoxall, in seconding, mentioned that Miss Martineau’s grandfather and father had been Mayors Birmingham, and that at present her brother occupied the position of chief magistrate of the city. … … Mrs. Hume Pinsent said she was glad they had selected another woman as a candidate … … (continues) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949