Tag: 1894

Birmingham Daily Post: Monday 8th October 1894

Funeral of Mr. Thomas Horton: The funeral of Mr. Thomas Horton, senior partner in the firm of Horton, Lee and Co., solicitors, Newhall Street, who died on Wednesday at this residence, Augustus Road, Edgbaston after a very brief illness took place on Saturday morning at Harborne …  (detailed description) … (list of attendees includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Monday 8th October 1894

The Musical Festival: A Congratulatory Meeting: The General Committee of the Birmingham Musical Festival held a meeting on Saturday morning in the small Lecture Theatre of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. The President (the Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth) was in the chair … (list of attendees) … Apologies for absence were received from the Mayor (Alderman Johnson) and Messrs. … (list includes) … R. A. Pinsent … In the cases of the Mayor and several other gentlemen, absence was due to the funeral of Mr. T. Horton.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 4th October 1894

Birmingham Musical Festival: Second Day: The Morning Performance … (description of event) … The donations given after the morning performance amounted to £303 11s 9d. they included: Mr. G. H. Johnson, £25; Lord Norton, £25; Sir Benjamin Hingley (second donation, £21; four anonymous donors (£5. 5 each), £20; Mr. Henry A. Wiggin, £20; Mr. James F. Beale, £20; Madame Albani, £10 10s; Mr. James Rollason, £10 10s; Mr. Alfred H. Wiggin, £10 10s; Mr. R. A. Pinsent, £10 10s; Mr. Frank Rollason, £10 10s; Alderman Lawley Parker, £10 10s … (etc.) ….

[see similar donation in Birmingham Daily Post: Wednesday 3rd October 1894]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Norfolk News: Saturday 29th September 1894

Foulsham: Sale of Work:  The people of Foulsham are determined that their late rector, the Rev. C. H. Frost, shall not fade from their memory, and they avail themselves of every means for increasing the memorial fund. This memorial is to take the form of a club and reading room for the young men of the parish, whose welfare and moral training the late rector had very much at heart … … the sale commenced at three-o’clock and from that time until the hours of closing, 9.15, there was a capital company of buyers and spectators, and at no time during the day were the stall holders idle. Among the visitors were Lady and Miss Pinsent, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hamond, Mrs. W. Morris, Mrs. Wayman, Rev. and Mrs. Spurgeon, etc … …

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GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922
GRO0605 Hennock: Mabel Louisa Homfray Pinsent: 1873 – 1951

Birmingham Daily Post: Monday 17th September 1894

Funeral of Mr. James Leigh: The funeral of Mr. James Leigh, the general manager of the Metropolitan Bank of England and Wales (Limited), who died suddenly on Wednesday last at his residence, Watford House, King’s Norton, took place on Saturday at King’s Norton. … With the hearse and mourning coaches were a number of carriages, containing the following friends of the deceased: Lord Ernest Seymour (one of the Directors of the bank with which the deceased had been so long and honourable associated), Messrs. R. A. Pinsent, G. Panton, J. D. William W. Johnson, J. Menzies, A. H. Giblson Dr. Marsh, F. W. Nash … …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Monday 10th September 1894

The New General Hospital: Stone Laying by the Duke and Duchess of York: Enthusiastic Reception of the Royal Visitors: Brilliant Scenes at the Town Hall and Hospital Site: Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, who had never previously set foot in Birmingham, entered the city on Saturday amid universal acclaim … … (list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Welshman: Friday 17th August 1894

Radnorshire: … Mr. John Francis is instructed to offer for sale by public auction … on Wednesday, September 12th, 1894, … freehold farms and common allotments known as LLidiardau … Brynhir … etc. … For further information … Messrs. Smith Pinsent & Co. 39 Waterloo Street, Birmingham

[see also other dates]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Evening Mail: Monday 9th July 1894

Speech Day at Harrow … (long list of attendees includes) … Lady Pinsent …

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GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 28th June 1894

Birmingham Triennial Festival: The Programme: A meeting of the General Committee of the Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival, which is to be held in October next, took place yesterday in the small Lecture Theatre of the Birmingham and Midland Institute … (discussion) … It was resolved on the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. J. T. Collins, that the following gentlemen be requested to act on the Place-letting Committee: Messrs. F. Everitt, H. Elkington, A.S. Bennett, W. Septimus Harding, C. Harding, W. Holliday, W. B. Marshall, Councillor Bradley, H. H. Fletcher, C. E. Mathews, J. H. Wilkinson, J. A. Marigold, R. Parker, T. Ratcliff, E. Martineau, R. A. Pinsent, H. Parish, B. A. Everitt, G. H. Payton R. J. R. Mackenzie, J. W. Lea, E. Bliss and the chairman and deputy chairman of the General Committee ex-officio … 

[see additional Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 27th September 1894]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Anglo-American: Saturday 2nd June 1894

American Line: List of Saloon Passengers per U.S.M.S. “New York” Captain John C. Jamison: Southampton to New York: … includes … Ross Pinsent, Richard A. Pinsent …

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GRO0009 Devonport: Adolphus Ross Pinsent: 1851 – 1929
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948