Tag: GRO0738

Gloucester Journal: Saturday 13th April 1912

Webb, Peet and Company Ltd. This company has just been registered, with a capital of £1,000 in £1 shares, to acquire the goodwill of the engineering business carried on by W. W. Peet at the Westgate Iron Works, Gloucester, and Webb, Peet and Co. and to adopt an agreement with A. Danks, The subscribers are: … R. A. Pinsent, 6, Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, Solicitors, 1 share; R. Pinsent, 6, Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, Solicitor, 1 share: Private Company. The number of directors is not to be less than two or more than five. The first are A. Danks, and F. M. Lea (nominee of F. W. V. Mitchell). F. W. V. Mitchell may nominate a director while holding 499 shares. Registered by Waterlow Bros, and Layton Ltd. Birchin Lane, E.C. …

[see also Gloucester Citizen: Saturday 6th April 1912]

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

Western Daily Press: Saturday 29th April 1911

The Late Mr. W. Proctor: Funeral at Barrow Gurney: The funeral of the late Mr. William Proctor took place yesterday afternoon at the picturesquely situated church at Barrow Gurney, where a large congregation assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased gentleman. … (description of funeral) … In addition to members of the family, wreaths were sent by … (list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent (Birmingham) …

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GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Evening Despatch: Wednesday 12th April 1911

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce: Mr. J. S. Taylor Retires from the Presidency: A Special meeting of the Council of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was held at Winchester House, Victoria Square, Birmingham yesterday, Mr. J. S. Taylor (President) in the chair. … election of replacement … and the following were elected ex-officio members of the Council: … (list includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Mail: Wednesday 1st March 1911

Greater Birmingham Bill: The Opponents in the House of Lords: Petitions Lodged: Petition praying to be heard against the Great Birmingham Bill in the House of Lords have been deposited in the Private Bill Office from the following: Staffordshire County Council, Worcestershire County Council, King’s Norton and Northfield Urban District Council, Handsworth Urban District Council, Guardians of West Bromwich Union, Yardley Rural District Council, Officers of Yardley Council, Mr. William Henry Whitehouse, Mr. John James Bromley, Mr. Ernest Frederick Johnson, Mr. John Henry Worrall, Mr. Richards Alfred Pinsent. A petition against an alteration to the Bill had been lodged by the Droitwich Corporation and others … (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

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

Western Daily Press: Tuesday 27th September 1910

Law Society’s Conference: List of Delegates to Bristol: Reception by the Lord Mayor: The members of the Law Society are holding their annual provincial meeting in Bristol this week, and the first of a series of important gatherings took place last night, when the Lord Mayor entertained a company of several hundred guests at a reception at the Municipal Art Gallery … The following is a list of members who are expected to attend the conference: … (includes) … R. A. Pinsent, Birmingham …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Saturday 28th May 1910

Birmingham Cathedral Tower Restoration Fund: … List of donations Already Promised … (list includes) … Pinsent, R. A. – £10 0s 0d; Pinsent Roy – £2 2s 0d. …

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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 Post: Saturday 1st January 1910

Mr. Roy Pinsent, eldest son of Mr. R. A. Pinsent, has been admitted a member of the firm of Pinsent and Co., solicitors, Birmingham.

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

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