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Westminster Gazette: Thursday 8th July 1920

Baldwins: The seventeenth annual ordinary general meeting of the members of Baldwins Limited was held yesterday, the chairman (Colonel Sir John Roper Wright, Bart.) presiding. The Chairman said:  Your board much regret the delay in presenting the accounts of the year ending June 30, 1919, which has been due to the difficulties in connection with excess profits and the pressure on our professional valuers. … (continues) … The Chairman then dwelt at some length with the offer made to shareholders by Messrs. Sperling. In reply to questions, Mr. Pinsent, the solicitor for the company, stated that neither he nor anyone else connected with negotiations from the early date in February to the end ever regarded Sperlings as other than principals … (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Evening Despatch: Wednesday 7th July 1920

Baldwins Enter Law Action: Chairman’s Statement on Messrs. Sperling: Advice to Shareholders: Shareholders in Baldwin’s Ltd., attended the annual meeting of that company at the Grand Hotel, Birmingham today in great force interest centering in the Chairman’s promise to put them in possession of the latest information concerning the actions pending regarding the contract entered into in February last by Messrs. Sperling to purchase the ordinary shares of the company at 60s per share … (discussion) … In response to the Chairman’s invitation only three shareholders asked questions, and these were of a friendly nature. Replying to these, Mr. Pinsent (Birmingham) solicitor to the company, said that the directors had never regarded Messrs. Sperling otherwise than as principals …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser: Saturday 29th May 1920

The Late Mr. H. L. V. Pryse: The Funeral: The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon of Mr. H. L. V. Pryse, who died on Thursday last week at Bath after an operation, as reported in our last issue. The service took place at Holy Trinity Church, Leamington, and was conducted by the Rev. C. T. B. McNulty, assisted by the Rev. C. E. Couchman, Thornby Rectory, Northants. … (description of service and interment) … There was a large number of floral tributes … (includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent, Mr. F. E. Smith; Mr. R. H. Hodgkinson; Mr. Roy Pinsent and staff of Messrs. Pinsent and Co., … 

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

Worcester Journal: Saturday 2nd September 1939

Death of Col. M. Wilkinson: The death occurred at Brook Cottage, Berrington,Tenbury, on Friday of Col. Howard Wilkinson, in his 89th year. His home address was the Hurst, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfied … (review of his life and of the service) … Mourners … (included) … Sir Richard A. Pinsent, Bt., (Pinsent and Co.).

(see also Kington Times: Saturday 2nd September 1939).

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Wednesday 30th August 1939

Funeral: Colonel Howard Wilkinson: The funeral of Colonel Howard Wilkinson, of the Hurst, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, took place at Sutton Coldfield Parish Church yesterday, and was attended by a number of prominent townspeople … … The principal mourners were … …  (Also present included) … … Sir Richard A. Pinsent, Bt., (Pinsent and Co.). 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Friday 14th July 1939

Funeral Mr. Frederick M. Lea: The funeral service for Mr. Frederick Mackenzie Lea, and Birmingham engineer, and chairman of the Union Club, of Metchely Cottage, Edgbaston, was attended yesterday by many of his friends and by representatives of public bodies and firms with which Mr. Lea was associated. The choral service at Edgbaston Parish Church was conducted by Canon Stuart Blofeld … (description and list of attendees, including) … Sir Richard Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Wednesday 10th May 1939

Fifty Years Ago: “The Birmingham Post,” May 10th, 1889: the Deritend Chaplaincy: A conference of the solicitors to the three candidates seeking election to the chaplaincy of St. John’s, Deritend, was held yesterday, at the invitation of Mr. R. A. Pinsent (Barlow, Smith and Pinsent), solicitor to the trustees, for the purpose of agreeing upon arrangements for the conduct of the election. The meeting took place at Mr. Pinsent’s office. Mr. Edward Rowlands represented the Rev. Llewellyn Davies; Mr. G. T. Smith, the Rev. C. J. Sneath; and Mr. A. H. Coley, the Rev. J. O. West. The trust prescribes no method of carrying out the election, and Mr. Pinsent followed the precedent of former elections in inviting representatives of the candidates to join in mutual agreement. Nominations having been fixed for May 13th and arrangements made to submit the names to a public meeting of householders on May 17th, it was assumed that a poll would be demanded. The principle of the ballot was thought to be desirable if it could be carried out. Mr. Pinsent said he was advised by Mr. Ball, the deputy Town Clerk, that the expense of an election by ballot would be about £80 more than by means of the open voting adopted at the last election. Ultimately it was agreed to ask Alderman Johnson to act as returning officer and to refer to him the consideration of whether voting by ballot paper could be arranged. Mr. Pinsent asked each candidate to deposit £150 to meet expenses; and it was agreed that if the expenditure exceeded £450 the balance should be defrayed by the successful candidate.

[ln the event a poll was demanded and taken. Mr. West secured 6,072 votes; Mr. Sneath 5,038; Mr. Davies, who stood as a True Protestant,” 167. — Ed., “B. P.”]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Leamington Spa Courier: Friday 28th April 1939

Death of Mrs. James Booth: The interment of the ashes of Mrs. Louisa Booth of 9, St. Gregory’s Road, Stratford on Avon, late of “Ardencote,” Claverdon, widow of Mr. James Booth took place – after creation at Perry Bar Crematorium – in Claverdon churchyard yesterday. … (description) … Floral tributes were sent by: … (list includes) … Sir Richard Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 23rd February 1939

Birmingham Law Society: Election of President: Mr. J. T. Higgs, of Brierley Hill, was yesterday elected president of the Birmingham Law Society, and Mr. W. C. C. Gell was chosen as vice-president. These elections were made at the annual meeting of the society, held at the headquarters in Temple Street. Mr. H. W. Lyde, the retiring president, who occupied the chair at the opening of the meeting, reviewed the events of the past year and referred particularly to the retirement of Sir Richard Pinsent from his position as extraordinary representative on the Law Society of England and Wales. He also touched on the extension of the jurisdiction of County Court judges to £200, and said the society hoped it would soon be increased to £300. Mr. Higgs, the new president, said he had been a member of the society for forty-one years. He expressed the hope that during the coming year the membership of the society, the biggest outside London, would be increased by colleagues from the adjoining districts. The joint honorary secretaries and treasurers, Messrs. G. C. Barrow and J. F. Crowder were re-elected and the society’s gold medal was presented to Mr. Henry Woodhouse by the retiring president.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Evening Despatch: Thursday 23rd February 1939

Past & Present K.E.H.S. Pupils’ Tribute to Mr. Cary Gilson. A striking tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Cary Gilson, headmaster for 29 years of King Edward’s High School, Birmingham, was paid at the memorial service at St. Martin’s Parish Church today. … (description of event) … School Choir: Old Edwardians Football Club: Messrs. P. C. Adams, F. W. Guest, J. McDowall, R. B. Hooper and E. S. Baker. Also present at the service were – (list includes) … Sir Richard Pinsent … Boys of the school formed the choir and prefects acted as ushers …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948