Tag: Birmingham Daily Gazette

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Monday 27th April 1936

Birmingham Town Clerk’s Daughter Married: All White Wedding at the Cathedral: Event Arouses Big Interest: Miss Hazel Margaret Wiltshire, daughter of Mr. F. H. C. Wiltshire, the Town Clerk of Birmingham, and Mrs. Wiltshire were married on Saturday at the Birmingham Cathedral Church to Dr. Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell, the son of Mrs. and Mrs. H. Kettlewell of Edgbaston … (detailed description and list of attendees) … (includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Wednesday 9th April 1913

Dr. Jordan Lloyd: Big Gathering at Funeral in Harborne: Remarkable scenes, testifying to the respect and esteem in which the late Professor Jordan Lloyd was held were witnessed at Harborne yesterday … … (description of service) … The Mourners: The principal mourners were Mrs. Jordan Lloyd (widow) … Mr. Roy Pinsent, … Mr. R. A. Pinsent … … 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 6th January 1911

Marriage of Mr. Neville Chamberlain:  Graceful Scenes at St. Paul’s Knightsbridge: Master Joe as Page: At St. Paul’s Knightsbridge, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Arthur Neville Chamberlain, second son of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, of Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham, and of 40 Prince’s Garden, London, S.W., and brother of the Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain, was married to Miss Vera Cole, daughter of the late Major W. Cole and Mrs. Herbert Studd, of 2, Hyde Park Gardens. … … The following are the names of some of those who had accepted an invitation to the wedding and reception … (long list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. C. Hume Pinsent, Ruskin pottery bowl; Mr. R. A. Pinsent, Hodgkins’ “Italy and her Invaders”; … …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 21st May 1910

The Nation’s Mourning: Remarkable Scenes in Birmingham: Memorial Services: Civic Procession to the Parish Church: The day of general mourning ordered by the Privy Council was solemnly observed throughout the country yesterday. All shops were closed, and business of every kind was suspended, while memorial services were held in the places of worship of all denominations … … Among those invited to be present at the civic memorial service were the following …  (long list of invitations includes) … Birmingham Law society: – Messrs. J. G. Bradbury (president), J. Hargreave (vice-president), Charles Ekin (hon. secretary), Walter Barrow, R. A. Pinsent, M. N. Phelps, J. A. Marigold, W. M. Smythe, E. Evershed, A. H. Coley, H. B.  Carslake, A. S. Bennett, J. Moore-Bayley, D. Cochrane, F. S. Pearson, A. L. Lowe, Philip Baker, F. A. Chatwin, J. Sutton Sharpe, (West Bromwich), A. H. Lewis (Walsall).

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 1st January 1938

Baronets: … … Mr. Richard Alfred Pinsent is one of the oldest solicitors in Birmingham, and a past president of the Law Society, of whose council he is the senior member. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Hume Pinsent, was the first woman member of the Birmingham City Council. Born at Devonport in 1852, he was educated at Amersham Hall, Reading, and at Edinburgh University. After being articled to Mr. Thomas Smith James he passed as a solicitor with honours and was a gold medallist. He became a partner in the firm of Pinsent and Co. in 1877. He was President of the Law Society 1918-19, chairman of its Statutory (Discipline) Committee, and president of Birmingham I.aw Society 1901-3 and 1926. An ex-officio member of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, he acted as chairman of its Law and Parliamentary Committee. He is a life governor of Birmingham University.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 8th November 1929

B.J.O.C. Cricket Trophy: The presentation of the senior cricket league championship trophy in connection with the Birmingham Juvenile Organisation Committee took place at a dance held at Bagley’s Dance Hall, Lozells Road, last night. The winning club was Aston Villa Wesleyans and the trophy which had been given by Sir William Waters Rutler was handed over by Mr. W. Hale, Chairman of the league. Two special bats accompanied the trophy for the leaders of the averages. Medals, presented by Mr. Roy Pinsent were awarded to the team members.

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 18th October 1929

Birmingham’s Chief Social Event: Two Thousand Guests at Lord Mayor’s Dance … The ball given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham at the Council House last night was the outstanding and most brilliant social function of the current municipal year … … … (includes) … … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent:

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978


Birmingham Daily Gazette: Thursday 28th February 1929

Lawyers’ Clerks: Problem of Pensions “When Past Work”: M. H. B. Carslake, presiding at the annual meeting yesterday of the Birmingham Law society, asked what was to happen to their faithful old clerks when they got past work. The salary which most solicitors were able to pay their clerks did not enable them to save very much. A pension scheme was being considered by the committee, but it was quite clear that clerks over 40 years of age could not benefit by it. However, members of the profession would have the satisfaction of knowing that they were doings something for the younger members. Mr. R. A. Pinsent joined in the hope that something in the nature of a pension scheme would soon be established for clerks. It was stated that the membership of the society stood at 415, of whom 100 were from outside the district. There were 399 solicitors in Birmingham, and 315 were members of the society.  …. …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 16th March 1928

The “Roy Pinsent” Shield: Twelve teams have entered from the senior schools fro the “Roy Pinsent” Shield, which is now held by the Shenley Fields Girls’ School. That school is sending in two teams this year; one is presenting a scene from “Macbeth” and the other a scene from “The Merchant of Venice.” In both cases Mr. A. B. Lock in the producer. … (discussion of other school’s contributions) …

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 29th October 1927

Holt Brewing Co. Ltd.:  Wolverhampton and Birmingham Firms Taken Over: Creation of £500,000 Debenture Stock Sanctioned … … (long discussion) … … Articles of Association … … Mr. G. O. Brettall: I have great pleasure in seconding this resolution. Before putting the resolution to the meeting, the chairman called upon Mr. Roy Pinsent to explain it. This was also carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman was accorded on the proposition of Mr. A. J. Hatwell.

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978