Tag: 1908

Birmingham Mail: Thursday 24th December 1908

Care of the Feeble-Minded: Report to the City Council: … statistics and details … The committee have given a good deal of attention the recently published report of the Royal Commission the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded and submit for the consideration of the Council notes on some of the principal recommendations contained in this report, which have been prepared Mrs. Hume Pinsent, who was a member of the Commission. The committee, as a result of their consideration of the report, approves, generally, of the recommendations. They are authorised to say that the Education Committee also has expressed similar general approval. In the opinion of both committees, it is desirable that legislation for carrying the same into effect be promoted without delay, and they recommend the Council to pass resolution to this effect. 

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Mail: Friday 18th December 1908

Birmingham Education Committee: … … Mrs. Hume Pinsent, who presented the report of the Special Schools Sub-committee, moved that £80 be expended in the purchase of furniture, to be made at once, for the new Saltley school for mentally defective children …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Daily Express: 5th December 1908

Province of Buenos Ayres Waterworks (Construction) Syndicate, Le.: Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1908 … (discussion of finances) … Directors: … (include) … Ross Pinsent, Esq., 16 Maresfield Gardens, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, N.W., Gentleman (Director of the Buenos Ayres (New Gas Company limited, the South Barracas Buenos Ayres Gas and Coke Company Ltd., and the Consolidated Water Works of Rosario Limited … …  Mr. J. C. Im Thurn and Mr. Ross Pinsent are directors of the South Barracas Gas Company, and each holds 50 shares of £10 each in that Company … (continues) …

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GRO0009 Devonport: Adolphus Ross Pinsent: 1851 – 1929

The Globe: Saturday 5th December 1908

The Province of Buenos Ayres Water-Works (Construction) Syndicate Ltd: … … Directors: Conrad im Thurn, Esq., (J.C. im Thurn and Sons, 1, East India Avenue, Leadenhall Street, E.C, Merchant, Director of the Buenos Ayres (New) Gas Company, Limited, and the South Barracas (Buenos Ayres) Gas and Coke Company Limited}: Ross Pinsent, Esq., 16 Maresfield Gardens, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, N.W., Gentleman; (Director of the Buenos Ayres (New) Gas Company Ltd; The South Barracas (Buenos Ayres (Gas and Coke Company, Limited, and The Consolidated Water Works of Rosario Limited): Arthur Telford Simpson, Esq. … … (continues) … . Prospectus … … Possibly the 83,000 Ordinary “B” Shares of 1s each to be issued to the Vendor Company might be treated as for goodwill. The preliminary expenses are estimated to amount to £5,000. Mr. J. C. im Thurn and Mr. Ross Pinsent are Directors of The South Barracas Gas Company and each holds fifty shares of £10 each in that company. Mr. J. C. im Thurn, as a member of the firm of J. C. im Thurn and Sons, is entitled to the benefits set forth in the above-mentioned agreement (3) under which the firm underwrites 20,000 Ordinary “A” and a corresponding number of “B” shares. … continues …

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GRO0009 Devonport: Adolphus Ross Pinsent: 1851 – 1929

Westminster Gazette: Saturday 5th December 1908

Prospectus: … The Province of Buenos Ayres Waterworks (Construction) Syndicate, Limited … Directors: … include … Ross Pinsent, Esq., 16 Maresfield Gardens, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, N.W., Gentleman (Director of the Buenos Ayres (New) Gas Company Limited; the South Barracas (Buenos Ayres) Gas and Coke Company, Limited, and the Consolidated Water Works of Rosario, Limited) … …

[see also Westminster Gazette: Monday 7th December 1908]

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GRO0009 Devonport: Adolphus Ross Pinsent: 1851 – 1929

Birmingham Mail: Thursday 3rd December 1908

Will of the Late Sir William B. Avery of Windsor: Sir William Avery of Oakley Court, Windsor, a member of the firm of W. and T. Avery (Limited) who died on the 28th October left property which has been sworn by Mr. Richard Alfred Pinsent solicitor, Birmingham, and Mr. John Frederick Wright, Camberley, Surrey, the executors at £311,083 6s 9d gross and £170,976 7s 1d net. … … bequests … … include, to his executor, Mr. R. A. Pinsent, £1,000 …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Mail: Friday 27th November 1908

Birmingham Education Committee: … Mr. Wiltshire’s dismissal:  … … Mr. Pentland said after what appeared to be an honest statement it seemed to him that the sub-committee was about to perpetrate a great injustice. It seemed to him that someone must be deceiving the sub-committee. Mrs. Hume Pinsent and Mr. Lacy defended the action of the committee and stated that the fullest consideration was given to the circumstances. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Barking East Ham & Ilford Advertiser Upton Park and Dagenham Gazette: Saturday 14th November 1908

Between-Maid required, at once: must be strong and active; good references – Mrs. Pynsent 23 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, S.W.

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GRO0617 Hennock: Mary Isobel Addie: 1879 – 1956

Erdington News: Saturday 14th November 1908

Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show: Another Big Success: … … Four vases 2 incurved and 2 Japanese, to be grown within four miles of Stephenson Place, where not more than two permanent gardeners are kept: 1, Mr. G. Littlewood, Moseley; 2, Mr. Hume C. Pinsent, HARBORNE; 3, Mr. E Wright, Bearwood. … (continues) …

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

Birmingham Mail: Tuesday 3rd November 1908

The Late Sir William Avery: Funeral at Witton: … among the mourners are … (list includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948