Canterbury Degrees: The Archbishop of Canterbury has conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. John Gritton … (continues). … His Grace has also, on the recommendation of the Bishop of Newfoundland, conferred the degree of Doctor in Civil Law on the Hon. Robert John Pinsent, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, who, as a member of the Synod of the Church of England in Newfoundland, had rendered valuable service in the revision and consolidation of the constitution and rules of that church.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893