Birthday Honours: Her Majesty has also been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon … (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.L. at Lambeth Palace in 1881.
[see similar London Standard: Wednesday 21st May 1890]
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893