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Late Sir H. Rogers: Impressive Gathering at Birmingham Funeral: Civic Tributes: … (details) … Among others present were: – … (list includes) … R. A. Pinsent …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Birmingham Hospitals Centre Appeal Fund: First list of Contributions: … (includes) … Pinsent, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. …. £500 0s 0d …
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GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Late Mr. Arthur Keen: Funeral at Harborne Parish Church: Birmingham manufacturers and businessmen were well represented at the funeral of Mr. Arthur Keen, of the firm of Messrs. Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, which took place in Harborne churchyard yesterday afternoon. … the chief mourners were: – … (includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Death of Mrs. R. Pinsent: The death was announced, 19 January, from Meningitis, of Marion, the wife of Mr. Roy Pinsent. of Littlewick, Selly Hill, Birmingham. Mrs. Pinsent was the eldest daughter of the late Dr. Jordan Lloyd, Ampton Road, Edgbaston; and was the granddaughter of the late Mr. Mercer H. Simpson, for many years the lessee of the Birmingham Theatre Royal.
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GRO1369 Devonport: Marion Jordan Lloyd: 1888 – 1914
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978
Death of Mrs. R. Pinsent: The death was announced, on 19 January, from meningitis, of Marion, the wife of Mr. Roy Pinsent of Littlewick, Selly Hill, Birmingham. Mrs. Pinsent was the eldest daughter of the late Dr. Jordan Lloyd, of Ampton Road, and was the granddaughter of the late Mr. H. Simpson, for many years the lessee the Birmingham Theatre Royal.
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GRO1369 Devonport: Marion Jordan Lloyd: 1888 – 1914
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978
Mentally Defective Children: Counsel by Mrs. Hume Pinsent at Sparkbrook. Before a crowded attendance at the men’s meeting in connection with the Stratford Road Baptist Church, Sparkbrook, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Hume Pinsent gave an address on mentally defective children, in which she denounced as cruel and non-economic the present methods of dealing with them. Mrs. Pinsent pointed out that in Birmingham the authorities had not waited for statutory compulsion to make them see to the training and care of the mentally defective and she dealt in detail with the education imparted at the various special schools. She said she was sorry that 60 per cent. of the children so dealt with never learned enough to be of any use to them. Many of them were taught and became fairly proficient at various manual trades, but that “something wanting” in their mental equipment showed itself in a deplorable lack of self-control when not under supervision that led them to drink and crime and other vices. After all the care and attention bestowed upon them only 5 per cent. of the number could earn as much as 10s per week, and the remaining ninety out of every hundred had to be supported by the community – and supported mostly, in prisons, the workhouse, the inebriate reformatories, and the asylums. Discussing suggested remedies, Mrs. Pinsent emphasized the importance of continuous control by authorities under one special State department, which should be compelled to provide suitable training, care and after-control of the mentally defective. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
Teachers at the Theatre: Lord Mayor’s Reception at the Prince of Wales: The much-discussed entertainment and reception by the Lord Mayor (Alderman G. H. Kenrick) at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, took place last night and proved as successful and brilliant as it was unique. The distinguished company, which included the members of the staff of the secondary and other leading educational institutions in the city, … … The guest numbered nearly six hundred … included … Mr. and Mrs. C. Hume Pinsent …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
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
Law Society: over £6,000 Granted in Relief: The Law Society reopened the thirty-third provincial meeting at the Birmingham Council House this morning, when, at ten o’clock, Mr. Walter Dowson, as vice-president of the Board of Directors, took the chair of the annual meeting of the Solicitors’ Benevolent Association, which this year attains its jubilee … (discussion) … The President moved the adoption of the report and in seconding Mr. R. A. Pinsent, as the local director of the association, said Birmingham was very sensible of the many advantages of having the provincial meeting held in the city. By way of marking their sense of appreciation, they had canvassed the solicitors in Birmingham, and they were able to present that day a list of fifty additional subscribers, which would go some distance towards making up the desired 500 new members. They had instituted another novelty in constituting the associate residuary legatees of the fund collected for the entertainment of the society. (laughter and hear, hear) …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Mrs. Pinsent, in moving the adoption of the report of the Special Schools Sub-Committee referred to the new regulations issued by the Board of Education with regard to Special Schools. She hoped the new regulations were a sign that it was recognized that they had to deal with the total number of defectives in the country, and not a small percentage … (continues) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949