Tag: GRO0420

Masonry in Madras: We learn from the Madras Mail of January 12 that at a meeting of Lodge Perfect Unanimity. No. 150, held at the Masonic Hall, Mount Road, Madras, on Monday, the 10th ult. Brother Charles Pinsent was installed Worshipful Master for the year 1887. The following officers were also appointed and invested: Brothers W. G. Pavey, Senior Warden; F. H. D. Pinsent, Junior Warden; E. S. Traill Straith, Treasurer; D. Ross-Johnson; Secretary; J. S. Biscoe, Senior Deacon; Herbert Bradley, Junior Deacon; E. Wallis; D.C., H. M. Prior, Inner Guard; A. Cooper, Tyler. This lodge is the oldest in the Presidency and has recently received a warrant from the Prince of Wales. Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasonry, authorising the members to wear a centenary jewel, the lodge having been worked for an unbroken period of one hundred years. Two other lodges in Bengal were also allowed this privilege, namely, “Star in the East” No.67 and ”Industry and Perseverance”‘ No. 109, the former in the year 1848, and the latter in 1872: but, according to many books of Masonic History. Lodge Perfect Unanimity was the first established in British India. One of the first brethren initiated in this lodge was H.H. Omdit-ul-Omra Bahadur, eldest son of the Nabob of the Carnatic, in the year 1779. The first Worshipful Master installed, when the lodge was finally established at Madras, was Wor. Brother Colly Lyons Lucas, Rt. Wor. Bro. Brigadier-General Horne being at the time Provincial Grand Master. The lodge has also numbered amongst its members many men well known in Madras history.

[The Messrs. Pinsent above-mentioned are sons of Mr. H. J. Pinsent. of Bassett, late of the Peninsular and Oriental Company.]

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GRO0133 India: Charles Powell Tronson Pinsent: 1849 – 1904
GRO0331 India: Frederick Henry Davison Pinsent: 1852 – 1902
GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894

Missions to Seamen: The annual report of the Missions to Seamen contains a reference to the work done at Southampton with Havre in 1884. It says the opening of a temporary institute on the Town Quay has marked a new era in the work of the missions at this port. The large number of men making use of the reading rooms daily for reading and writing, the good attendances at the evening meetings and lectures, the room frequently being uncomfortably crowded, the demand for books from the lending library, together with the improvement in the congregations at the seamen’s service at St. Julien’s Church on Sunday evenings, prove that the institute is answering its purpose, and also augurs well for its future success: The gift, by a generous donor, of a mission-boat for Southampton Water will afford greater facilities for carrying on the work amongst the yachts anchored there during the summer months. Thanks are due to those who so kindly subscribed towards the institute fund, also to the following donors of special gifts: The Dean of Winchester, for a clock; Mrs. Maloney for a clock for the coffee bar; Admirals Strange and Whyte, for telescopes; Miss Jones and friends, for games; Mrs. Batten and Miss Matcham for illustrated papers weekly; Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent for pictures: and many others for books and periodicals. Statistics for 1884: 2182 visits to ships; 260 services; 142 bags of reading; 30 Bibles and Prayer- books sold, including “Forms of Prayer for use at Sea:” enrolled 29 temperance men and 1 mission helper. During the year the work of the missions at Havre has been carried out with steady purpose, on board the large number of vessels which enter the port: The chaplain visits the station and works there as often as he can be spared from Southampton. The reader resides and works there. During the year there were nearly 20,000 attendances of seamen at the reading rooms, whilst over £200 was sent by the reader for seamen to their friends.

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GRO0140 India: Charlotte Best Sharpe: 1819 – 1904
GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894

Marriages: Cowdell – Pinsent: Dec. 6, at Madras, A. S. Cowdell, to Frances, daughter of H. I. Pinsent Esq., of Portswood, Southampton. (sic)

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GRO0311 India: Frances Anne Pinsent: 1853 – xxxx
GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894

Marriages: December 6, at the Cathedral, Madras, Arthur Neville Cowdell, Bramley-hurst, Ootacatmund, third son of the late Chas. Cowdell, M.D., of Dorchester, to Frances Anne, eldest daughter of Henry J. Pinsent, Portswood, Southampton.

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GRO0311 India: Frances Anne Pinsent: 1853 – xxxx
GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894

Cowdell – Pinsent: At the Cathedral, Madras, Mr. Arthur S. Cowdell, Bramley-hyrst, Ootacamund, son of the late Charles Cowdell, M.D., of Dorchester, to Frances A., daughter of Mr. Henry J. Pinsent, Portswood, Southampton, Dec. 6^th.

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GRO0311 India: Frances Anne Pinsent: 1853 – xxxx
GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894

Marriages: On the 6^th inst., at the Cathedral, Madras, Arthur Sellon Cowdell, “Bramley-hyrst”, Ootacamund, third son of the late Charles Cowdell, M.D., of Dorchester, to Frances Anne, eldest daughter of Henry J. Pinsent, Portswood, Southampton, (by telegram: 6^th December).

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GRO0311 India: Frances Anne Pinsent: 1853 – xxxx
GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894