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Music Examinations: At the Local Centre, Examinations of the Associated Board [R.A.M. and R.C.M.] held recently at Oxford, Miss Jennie Tapping, pupil of Miss Pinsent passed successfully in Rudiments of Music. …
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GRO0318 Devonport: Frances Maude Pinsent: 1882 – 1953
Aylesbury and District: … Music Degree: – Miss May Clarke, pupil of Miss Pinsent had successfully passed the examination for the A.R.C.M. (Associateship of the Royal College of Music).
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GRO0318 Devonport: Frances Maude Pinsent: 1882 – 1953
Bills Affection Women: … … This last statement is rather remarkable since the Qualification of Women Act of 1907 not only stated that “a woman shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage for being elected to, or being, a councillor or alderman of any county of borough,” but a revising barrister (In the case brought by Mrs. Dixon and other married women in Birmingham) said the law meant what it said. And further, a married women (Mrs. Pinsent has been a member of the Birmingham City Council); … therefore, either the statement in the Act of 1907 or the statement in the present Bill is inaccurate …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
Devon and Cornwall Surveyors: The Devon and Cornwall Provincial Committee of the Surveyors’ Institution held their spring meeting at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth, when the President (Mr. W. E. Woolley) and the Secretary (Mr. A. Goddard) attended from London. Mr. H. A. Drew (the Provincial Chairman) presided, and the following other members were present: Fellows: … (list includes) … F. W. H. Pinsent …
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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948
A Great Lawyer: Memorial to Mr. G. J. Johnson: Prior to the business of the annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society, held at the Law Library, yesterday, a memorial to the late Mr. G. J. Johnson, presented by members of the society, was formally unveiled. … … The presentation was made on behalf of the subscribers by Mr. R. A. Pinsent and Mrs. Archibald S. Bennett. Offering the chain and badge, Mr. Pinsent said they presented their hearty thanks to Mrs. and Mrs. Gaskin for the great care and attention they had taken in preparing that work of art. The chain was reminiscent to some extent of the past presidents of the society, but the chief interest centred on the badge, which was inscribed in memory of Mrs. Johnson … …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Birmingham Law Society: Memorials to the Late Mr. G. J. Johnson: Tablet Unveiled at the Library: The annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society was held this afternoon at the Law Library, Wellington Passage: Mr. A. H. Coley (president) occupied the chair. Before the formal business of the meeting there were two interesting functions, – the unveiling of a memorial in the shape of a brass tablet – to the late Mr. G. J. Johnson, and the investing of the president with a chain of office to be known as the “the G. J. Johnson Memorial Chain.” Mr. R. A. Pinsent, who invested the president with the beautiful chain of office, said that to those who knew Mr. Johnson as “G. J.” and to those who only knew him as Mr. Johnson, no memorial was, of course, wanted. His high sense of honour, his marked ability, his fairness, and his kindness would never be forgotten, but another generation would arise to whom he could only be a name, and the wish of those present was that a future generation would be able to say he was a man of whom his contemporaries thought so highly that they commemorated his qualities in that manner …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Birth: Pinsent: On February 11th, at Ottawa, the wife of Assistant Paymaster Harold Pinsent, R.N., Secretary, Department of Naval Service, Canada, of a son.
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GRO1128 India: Charles Hildige Pinsent: 1914 – 1998
GRO0159 India: Constance Amy Hildige Johnson: 1886 – 1964
GRO0391 India: Harold Charles Frank Pinsent: 1884 – 1968
Birmingham Corporation Bill: Opposition to the Broad Street Trams: The second reading of the Birmingham Corporation Bill has been passed by the House of Commons, and now the measure will have to be considered by a Select Committee. No date has been fixed for the meeting of the Committee, but it is probable the members will be appointed, and the bill heard within the next few weeks. As stated the other day, eleven petitions have been presented in opposition to the bill … (includes) … Birmingham Canal Navigations, Birmingham Horse and Vehicle Owner’s Association, Norton’s Estate and William Horton, Birmingham University, and Mr. A. Pinsent … … Mr. R. A. Pinsent, in his petition, wants protection for the gas and water annuitants, and the railway companies and the canal navigations object to those tramways which pass over the railways and canals. They also object to power being given to the Corporation to run motor omnibuses on the ground that the heavy vehicles will endanger the railway and canal bridges.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Premier’s Attitude: Suffrage Question: Reply to a Deputation: When a deputation of the Northern Men’s Federation for Women’s Suffrage visited London last week to interview the Prime Minister, they were disappointed that they were not received by Mr. Asquith. Mr. J. Wilson McLaren, of Edinburgh, today received the following letter from the Prime Minister’s private secretary: … (letter) … signed: … Yours faithfully, G. D. Pinsent (sic).
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GRO0365 Devonport: Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent: 1888 – 1976
Birmingham Corporation Bill: Opposition from Numerous Quarters: Yesterday there were deposited at the Private Bill offices petitions asking to be heard against the Birmingham Corporation Bill by the Midland Railway Company, Birmingham and Midland Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, owners, lessees and occupiers in Broad Street, Easy Row, and Suffolk Surest, London and North-Western Railway Company, Great Western Railway Company, Birmingham District Traders and Property Association, Birmingham Canal Company, Incorporated National Union Horse and Vehicle Owners, and Horton’s Estate and William Horton. The Bill is also opposed by Birmingham University and Mr. Richard Alfred Pinsent.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948