Her Majesty has also been pleased to approve that the following gentlemen be created Baronets of the United Kingdom … (list) … (also) … The honour of Knighthood … (list includes) … Robert John Pinsent, Esq., D.C.L., Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court; Newfoundland … … Mr. Robert J. Pinsent was called to the Bar in 1856, appointed a member of the Newfoundland Legislative Council in 1859, was created a Queen’s Counsel in 1865 and a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court in 1880, and received the degree of D.C.K. at Lambeth Palace in 1881.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893