1909 – Page 16 – The Pinsent Family

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 2nd April 1909

Chudleigh Vestry: School Accommodation Question: The Lady Day Vestry meeting held in the Town Hall of Chudleigh. Mr. A. T. Stooke was in the chair. There were also present … most of the members of the Parish Council, the Rev. Prebendary Dangar, D.D. … Ellicombe, and a fair number of parishioners. The accounts of the Charity Governing Pynsent’s Grammar School, and Eastchurch’s Gift were presented and passed …

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Woolwich Gazette: Friday 2nd April 1909

Military Academy Sports: Excellent Form at Woolwich: Some excellent form was seen at the annual athletic sports held at the Royal Military Academy on Friday and this fact compensated for the discomforts of having to witness it under decidedly unpleasant climatic circumstances. There was good attendance and the selections by the band of the Royal Engineers were much enjoyed … … 450 Yards Relay Race: R.K. Cotter, K. P. Atkinson and J. R. Pinsent 1, J. N. Thomson, H. O. C. Anne and R. E. Dowing, 2: J. A. A. Tillard, C. W. R. Tuke and J. N. Fletcher, 3: A very good race. Won by a yard; 5 yards between second and third. Time 53 secs.

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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957

Women’s Franchise: Thursday 1st April 1909

Women’s Local Government Society: MR. WALTER S. B. MCLAREN, who presided over a meeting at Caxton Hall last week, said the Women’s Local Government Society had accomplished the work it set out to perform—the removal of the sex disability on the governing bodies of municipalities and other local organizations. The work they had immediately on hand was the extension of the qualification for election on county and borough councils. Mrs. Allan Bright, in moving a resolution urging the Government to adopt Dr. Shipman’s Local Government Qualification Bill, said in 1893 there were only 169 women Guardians in the United Kingdom, but now there were over 1,100. This was a strong argument in favour of throwing open the door for the admittance of women to county and borough councils. Mrs. Pinsent, of Birmingham, paid a tribute to the work of women on the late Birmingham School Board and the present Board of Guardians, and said the excellent work of these women had created a feeling among the city councillors that their ranks would be strengthened, and their power of administration increased by the election of women councillors. The only way for a married woman into a city council was over her husband’s grave, but she was not prepared to take that route. She made a strong plea for the inclusion of women on Asylums Committees. At present all the details of asylum life, even to the matter of women’s clothing, are attended to by men. She contended that as women are good economists, local administration would be more economically worked if women were allowed seats on the local councils. The resolution was carried unanimously. At a business meeting which preceded the public gathering, a resolution was passed calling for the appointment of more women inspectors and women relieving officers.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Western Times: Tuesday 30th March 1909

Plymouth Murder: Elliott to be Hanged at Exeter Today: Previous Executions: The Home Secretary being unable to find sufficient grounds to warrant him in reprieving the youth Elliott, the murderer of a young girl at Plymouth, the death penalty will be carried out at Exeter Prison this morning. The Sheriff has decided not to admit the Press. … (description of two previous executions; that of John Grant, an Irish soldier, in 1866 for the murder of a boy, and of Annie Tooke, who was hanged for the murder of a child in 1879 and list of previous executions: includes) … 1800: April 6, James Pooley, John Trick, William Thorn and Henry Pinsent, sheep stealing; ….

East and South Devon Advertiser: Saturday 27th March 1909

Newton Petty Sessions: Tuesday, before Mr. W. Vicary (in the chair), Col. O. J. Bradfords, Dr. J. W. Ley, and Mr. A. J. Murrin: Bovey Passive Resisters: George Pinsent, Jabez Tucker, Geo. Tucker, Wm. Pascoe, Wm. Henry Heath, Thomas Wyatt, James Turner, Wm. Bond, jun., Arthur Wyatt and John Robert Way, passive resisters of Bovey Tracey, were summoned for the non-payment of the education portion of the poor rate. … James Henry Heath, assistant overseer for Bovey, stated that his rate had been duly made, that he had demanded the various amounts, but defendants had objected to pay on the same grounds as before. Mr. W. H. Heath said that they hoped the last time they were there that there would have been the last, but it seemed a faint hope; but they hoped and trusted that it would come to an end sooner or later. They wanted proper control and the management of the money they paid. They could not say any more. The Chairman: We must make the same order Mr. Heath – the same warrant to cover the whole lot. Mr. Heath, Thank you gentlemen.

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GRO0340 Bovey Tracey: George Pinsent: 1844 – 1937 (?)

Bayswater Chronicle: Saturday 27th March 1909

Women in Local Government: At a meeting of the Women’s Local Government Society held at the Caxton Hall, on Tuesday, a resolution was unanimously passed calling upon Government to adopt Dr. Shipman’s Local Government Qualification Bill, whereby a residential qualification will suffice for candidature for County and Town Councils in England and Wales as it now does for all other Local Government bodies. … Mrs. Alan Bright in moving the resolution, said that the married women at present disqualified were especially enabled by their experience to take charge of the municipal housekeeping. Mrs. Pinsent, of Birmingham, who seconded, emphasized the need for women members of Asylum Committees, since they had charge of all the details of asylum life for women. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Bayswater Chronicle: Saturday 27th March 1909

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Torquay Times and South Devon Advertiser: Friday 26th March 1909

Ellacombe Schools: Annual Prize distribution by the Mayoress: … … Scripture Certificates: … (includes) … R. Pinsent. …

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GRO0745 Bristol: Robert Cecil Pinsent: 1898 – 1920

South Devon Weekly Express: Thursday 25th March 1909

Passive Resisters: At the Newton Petty Sessions Tuesday, George Pinsent, Jabez Tucker, George Tucker, William Pascoe, William Henry Heath, Thomas Wyatt, James Turner, William Bond, jun., Arthur Wyatt, and John Robert Way, of Bovey Tracey, were summoned for the non-payment of the educational portion of the poor rate. Mr. Heath said they were hoping against hope that things would have altered before this, but the hope seemed to be a faint one. They protested on the ground that they wanted the management of their own money in educational matters. The chairman said he hoped that would be the last occasion on which it would be necessary for them to appear. The usual order would be made, one warrant to cover the whole of the cases.

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GRO0340 Bovey Tracey: George Pinsent: 1844 – 1937

Evening Despatch: Wednesday 24th March 1909

Local Government: Mrs. Hume Pinsent and Claims of Married Women: The women’s Local Government Society held a public meeting in Caxton Hall, Westminster yesterday, in support of Dr. Shipman’s Local Government Qualification Bill, whereby a residential qualification for candidature for county and town councils will suffice as it now does for all other Local Government bodies. … Mrs. Hume Pinsent (Birmingham Education Committee) seconded, remarking that women had done valuable work in Birmingham on the School Board and as Guardians, and the Lord Mayor and some of the aldermen and councilors had expressed regret that the recent legislation did not enable married women to secure seats on the county and borough council. There ought to be only one qualification for public service – capacity to serve. The speaker declared that the conditions of insane women and children would be greatly ameliorated if there were one capable woman on every asylum committee of the country (applause). She believed that the presence of women on councils would lead to the careful attention to detail which was so necessary to secure good and economical management (applause.)

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949