To be Knights … (list includes) … 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.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893