Tag: 1899

Burton Daily Mail: Monday 27th March 1899

Jackson – Harmsworth Expedition: The Leader at Denstone: Mr. F. G. Jackson, F.R.G.S., the leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expedition, gave a lecture on Saturday afternoon, at Denstone College, his old school in Staffordshire. A large number of local scientists and others had been invited to meet him, and the audience, numbering some five hundred, was accommodated in the great schoolroom. Mr. Jackson interested his hearers by an instructive lecture, dealing chiefly with his geographical work in Franz Josef Land and enlivened by frequent anecdotes. The company included the headmaster, the chaplain and assistant master, and the following visitors: Lady Pinsent, Mrs. J. Edwardes, Mrs. Jackson … (continues) …

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GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922

Western Times: Wednesday 22nd March 1899

Exhibition and Sale of South Devon Cattle: Good Prices: The fourth annual exhibition and sale of cattle in connection with the South Devon Herd Book Society was held in a field adjoining Totnes Railway yesterday. The entries totalled 70, as compared to 60 last year and 79 in 1897. The animals were a very good lot … The prize winners were as follows: … The beasts were sold at auction by Messrs. Rendell and Symons and Bourne and Son, Totnes, and the following prices made … (includes) … Perfection, 21 gns. Mr. H. Pinsent, Bovey Tracey.

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GRO0419 Hennock: Henry James Pinsent: 1872 – 1927