Tag: GRO0738

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

Leamington Spa Courier: Friday 4th January 1929

Obituary: Mrs. Flory: We record, with much regret, the passing of Mrs. Flory, widow of Rev. Canon W. Flory, Incumbent and first Vicar of Holy Trinity, Leamington. Mrs. Flory who was in her 84th year, had been ill since last February, and it was on the afternoon of Friday last she entered the Higher Service, full of years and good work. Mrs. Flory was the second daughter of the late Thomas Ryland, of The Redlands, Erdington, and Moxhull, and her marriage to Canon Flory took place in 1875, when he was a curate at St. Paul’s Onslow, Square, London … … (description of funeral) … … The mourners were: Mrs. Benet (daughter), Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pinsent (brother-in-law and sister), Mr. T. H. Ryland, of Muxhull (nephew) and Mr. and Mrs. Peverill Ryland, Mrs. Algernon Benet, Mrs. F. G. Mauleverer, Olive Simpson and Sister May. The flowing mourners were prevented from attending: Col. Benet, C.B.E. (son-in-law), Sir Walter and Lady Roffey (nephew and niece), Mrs. Sydney Ryland (sister-in-law), Mrs. Shore and Mr. Henry P. Ryland (brother) … Wreaths were sent by: … (includes) … L. V. Pinsent and Henry P. Ryland …

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GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
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Cheltenham Chronicle: Saturday 11th August 1928

Golden Wedding: Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pinsent, of Selly Wick, Birmingham, were the recipients of congratulations on Tuesday when they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, which took place at Walmley Parish Church on August 7, 1878. Mr. Pinsent, who is the senior partner in the firm of Pinsent and Co., solicitors, was President of the Law Society in 1918-19, and his eminence the law was further recognised last month when the University of Birmingham conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. Mrs. Pinsent is the youngest daughter of the late Thomas Ryland, of Erdington, and sister of the late Mr. Sydney Proctor Ryland, of Cheltenham.

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

Birmingham Weekly Mercury: Sunday 1st July 1928

Degree Day: Student Revels at Birmingham. Yesterday was Law Degree Day at Birmingham University, and the high-spirited students saw to it that the ceremonies were not marred by a surfeit of dignity. … (discussion) … Honorary degrees of Doctor of Law were then conferred upon the Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham; … (list includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Litchfield Mercury: Friday 11th November 1927

Death of Mr. J. C. Forrest: Cannock Chase Mining Engineer: … … The funeral took place on Saturday at Bushbury. The officiating clergy were the Bishop of Stafford (Dr. Crawford), the Archdeacon of Stafford (the Ven. Hugh Bright) and the Revs. J. T. Crathorne and W. Crathorne. … Among those present were … … R. A. Pinsent … …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Rugeley Times: Friday 11th November 1927

Late Mr. J. C. Forrest: Impressive Funeral at Bushbury: The funeral of Mr. J. C. Forrest, who was well-known in the Cannock Chase mining industry, took place on Saturday at Bushbury. … (description of event) … Others present included … (list includes) … R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Western Morning News: Thursday 29th September 1927

Shareholders and Fraud: Drastic Changes in New Bill: How Market can be Controlled: Vital Question of Management: The bill now before Parliament designed to amend the law relating to joint stock companies was dealt with yesterday by the Law Society at the Provincial meeting at Sheffield … … The president said the Bill imposed greater responsibility upon directors who would find difficulty hereafter in sheltering themselves from liability merely on the ground that a company’s embarrassments arose without actual default in the performance of their own duties … Among the members of council of the Society present were, besides the President (Mr. Cecil Allen Coward), five past presidents, Sir Charles H. Morton, Sir Robert W. Dibdin, Sir Arthur C. Peake, Mr. R. A. Pinsent, and Mr. A. H. Coley.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Sussex Agricultural Express: Friday 16th September 1927

The Late Mrs. E. L. Roffey: A Useful Life Connected with Rye: On Wednesday September 7th, Mrs. Emma Louisa Roffey, forth daughter of the Lake Mr. Thomas Ryland, J.P. of Moxhull Park, Warwickshire, and widow of the late Mr. George Roffey, of the Grange, Merstham, passed away at the home of her son, Sir Walter Roffey, at Lingfield, Surrey. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, at Merstham Church … … (description of service) … The principal mourners were Sir Walter and Lady Roffey (son and daughter-in-law), Mrs. Southey and Councillor Miss A. M. Roffey, (daughters), Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Caffin (son-in-law and daughter), Dr. and Mrs. Evershed Wallis (grand-daughter), Mrs. Dennis and Miss Gabriel Caffin, Miss Nancy Caffin (grandchildren), Mrs. W. T. Roffey, (sister-in-law), Mr. R. A. Pinsent (brother-in-law), Mr. T. H. Ryland and Mr. J. Roffey, (nephews). … …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette: Saturday 31st July 1926

Funeral at Widcombe: Simple Service in the Old Parish Church: In the shadow of the Old Parish Church of Widcombe, the body of the late Col. Sir John Roper Wright was laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a large number of mourners … The family mourners … (included) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent … 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Liverpool Echo: Friday 17th July 1925

THE SATURDAY ECHO: SOLICITOR STRUCK OFF: At a meeting of the Committee of the Law Society, constituted under the Solicitors Acts, 1888 and 1919 held in their hall in Chancery-lane. London, yesterday, Mr. R. A. Pinsent presiding. John Edgell Shearman, of 46, High-street, Notting Hill-gate, London, having been convicted at the Central Criminal Court of fraudulent conversion and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment in the second division was declared guilty of misconduct in respect of the matters for which he had been convicted and sentenced and was ordered to be struck off the Rolls.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948