Tag: GRO0738

Grimsby Daily Telegraph: Saturday 1st January 1938

New Year’s Honours: … Baronets … Richard Alfred Pinsent: Senior member of the Council and chairman of the Statutory Discipline committee of the Law Society. Dr. R. A. Pinsent, a well-known solicitor, has been president of the Law Society. He is an hon. LL.D. of Birmingham University:

[see also Liverpool Journal of Commerce: Saturday 1st January 1938]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 9th May 1937

2,000 Guests at Lord Mayor’s Ball: Brilliant Social Function at the Council House: Some 2,000 guests attended the Lord Mayor’s Ball at Birmingham Council House last night, one of the most brilliant functions of the year in the Midlands. They were received in the Round Room of the Art Gallery by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs. Harold Roberts), and they comprised leading figures in the civic, social, professional and business life of the city, with representatives of the services, and mayors and mayoresses of neighbouring towns … … Full List of the Guests: … (Very long list … includes)  … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent, Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Evening Despatch: Saturday 8th May 1937

Funeral of Former City Electrical Engineer: A number of well-known Birmingham people attended the funeral of Mr. Clough Vaudrey, form City Electrical Engineer, at Quinton this afternoon. … (discussion) … Other mourners were … (list includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Tewkesbury Register and Agricultural Gazette: Saturday 5th December 1936

Re: James Booth, Esq., J.P., Deceased: Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925, all persons having any claims against the estate of James Booth Esquire, J.P., late of Ardencote, Claverdon in the County of Warwickshire and of Cheapside in the City of Birmingham (who died on the 16th day of October 1936 and whose Will with three Codicils thereto was proved in the Birmingham District Registry on the 24th day of November 1936 by Richard Alfred Pinsent) are required to send particulars thereof to us the undersigned before the 16th day of February 1937 after which date the said estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the said Executor shall then have had notice: DATED this 3rd day of December 1936: PINSENT CO., 6, Bennett’s Hill. Birmingham 2: Solicitors for the said Executor.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Stratford upon Avon Herald: Friday 6th November 1936

James Booth, J.P., Deceased: All persons having claims against the estate of the late Mr. James Booth, J.P., of Ardencote, Claverdon, Warwickshire, who died on the 16th inst., are requested to send particulars thereof forthwith to us, the undersigned. Pinsent & Co., 6, Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham 2, 30th October 1936, solicitors for the Executors.

[see extended version mentioning Richard Alfred Pinsent: Stratford Upon Avon Herald: Friday 4th December 1936]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948


 
 

Cheltenham Chronicle: Saturday 25th July 1936

Cheltenham Will: Mr. Henry Proctor Ryland of Redland House, Leckhampton, who died on May 1, son of the late Thomas Ryland, of The Redlands, Erdington, left gross estate of the value of £4,385 10s 6d, with net personalty £4,240 13s 10d. Richard Alfred Pinsent and Mr. Roy Pinsent, nephew, both of 6 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, Solicitors, are the executors.

[see similar: Gloucester Citizen: Friday 24th July 1936 and Gloucestershire Echo: Friday 24th July 1936]

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

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 3rd July 1936

Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union: Rebuilding of Kyrle Hall: The Council of the Union gratefully acknowledge the following donations and promises under covenant which have been received up to and including 30th June 1936, for the amounts as stated: … (includes) … £500, Mr. R. A. Pinsent … Total of the above donations: £6,302, 6s 6d: Mr. Roy Pinsent, who is doubling all donations up to £10,000 has given £6,302 6s 6d. …

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

Birmingham Daily Post: Friday 3rd July 1936

Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union: Rebuilding of Kyrle Hall: The Council of the Union gratefully acknowledges the following donations and promises under covenant which have been received up to and including June 30, 1936, for the amounts as stated: … includes … Mr. R. A. Pinsent … £500 0s 0d. … Major J. R. Pinsent … £100 0s 0d … … Total of the above Donation: … £6,302 6s 6d: Mr. Roy Pinsent who is doubling all donations up to £10,000 has given £6,302 6s 6d. …

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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Evening Despatch: Thursday 2nd July 1936

Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union: Rebuilding of Kyrle Hall. The council of the Union gratefully acknowledge the following donations and promise under covenant which haven received up to and including 30th June, 1936, for the amounts as stated: … list of subscribers … includes … £500, Mr. R. A. Pinsent … Total of the above donations: £6,302 6s 6d: Mr. Roy Pinsent, who is doubling all donations up to £10,000 has given: £6,302 6 6d. Grant total to Date: £12,604 13s 0d.

Photograph: Scholars of the Dartmouth Street Senior Girls School gave “The Sylvan Glade” before their parents last night. This play won them the “Roy Pinsent” Shield, seen in the picture.

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

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Thursday 27th April 1933

Show of Rare Alpine Plants: First of the Kind in Birmingham: Members of the Alpine Garden Society are to be congratulated on their Midland show, the first of its kind in Birmingham, which was opened yesterday at the Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, and will be on view again today. It is hoped that it may eventually become an annual event … … Notable among the prize-winners must be mentioned Mr. Roy Pinsent, of Selly Hill, who collected many of his exhibits himself, and Dr. Roberts, of Harley Street, London and Warwickshire: The Awards: Class 1: Pan containing more than one kind of rock plant: 1, Roy Pinsent (Selly Hill); 2, Mrs. Slater (Sutton Coldfield); 3, Mrs. L. C. Jameson Evans (Edgbaston): Class 2: Pots of Distinct primulas: 1, R. Pinsent; 2, Mrs. Garnett Botfield (Albrighton); 3, Dr. Roberts: Class 3, Pot containing primula: 1, Mrs. Garnett Botfield; 2, R. Pinsent; 3, Dr. Roberts: Class 4: Assorted: 1, Dr. Roberts; 2, Miss Vale (Wolverhampton); 3. R. Pinsent: Class 5: 1, Mrs. Garnett Botfield; 2. W. A. Clark (Moseley); 3, Dr. Roberts: Class 6: Pots of saxifrages; 2, R. Pinsent: Class 7, 1, Mrs. Garnett Botfield; 2, R. Pinsent; 3, Dr. Roberts …  (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948