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Colonies and India: Saturday 27th May 1893

Sir James Winter, formerly Attorney-General, and lately Leader of the Opposition in the Newfoundland Legislature, has been appointed to the position of Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court, vacant by the death of Sir Robert J. Pinsent. The new Judge has long been a leader of the Newfoundland Bar and has on several important occasions served the Colony with distinction. He represented Newfoundland at the Fisheries Conference at Washington in 1887, and in 1892 he was counsel in the celebrated case of Baird v. Walker, which arose out of the closing of a lobster factory by Captain Walker, of the cruiser Emerald.

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Birmingham Daily Post: Wednesday 24th May 1893

Newfoundland: St. John’s, May 23: H.M.S. Cleopatra and Buzzard arrived today. The House of Assembly last night passed an Act extending the temporary arrangement regarding the French treaties for two years longer, in order to permit negotiations for the passing of a permanent Act. Sir James Winter will succeed the late Sir Robert Pinsent as assistant judge of Newfoundland.

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Echo (London): Wednesday 24th May 1893

Sir James Winter has been told he will succeed the late Sir Robert Pinsent as Assistant Judge of Newfoundland. …

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London Standard: Wednesday 24th May 1893

It is announced that Sir James Winter will succeed the late Sir Robert Pinsent as Assistant Judge of Newfoundland.

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Bayswater Chronicle: Saturday 13th May 1893

It is thought probable that Sir James Winter will succeed to the post of Chief Justice of Newfoundland, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Robert Pinsent … (continues) …

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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893 

Colonies and India: Saturday 6th May 1893

Obituary: … Sir Robert John Pinsent, D.C.L., Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, died at his father-in-law’s rectory, in Norfolk, the other day. He was the son of the late Judge Pinsent, of Labrador, and was born in 1834. He married, first, a daughter of Mr. J. R. Cooke, and, secondly, Emily, only child of the Rev. F. W. Homfray, M. A., Rector of Bintry, Norfolk. He was called to the Bar of Newfoundland in 1856, became Q.C. in 1865, and Solicitor-General in 1873. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1880, when he received the honour of knighthood. (sic)

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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893
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Colonies and India: Saturday 6th May 1893

The news of the somewhat sudden death of Sir Robert J. Pinsent has been received with great regret by a large circle of friends in this country. Sir Robert was well known in colonial circles in London as one of the greatest authorities on the vexed Newfoundland Fishery Question, a subject he has always devoted considerable attention to, and has set forth his views in various pamphlets and in a Paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute on “Newfoundland, our Oldest Colony.” He was in his fifty-ninth year, being born in Newfoundland in. 1834. He was admitted to the Newfoundland Bar in 1856 and appointed to the Legislative Council three years later. In 1865 he was created a Queen’s Counsel and became Acting Attorney-General in 1869. In 1873 he was appointed Solicitor- General and became a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland in 1880. Sir Robert Pinsent, who was twice married, died at the residence of his father-in-law, the Rev. F. Wingfield Homfray, Rector of Bintry, Norfolk. The death of Sir Robert creates a vacancy on the Newfoundland Bench of the value of $4,000 a year, which will doubtless be filled up locally by the promotion of Mr. D. W. Prowse, the Central District Court Judge.

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Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser: Thursday 4th May 1893

Obituary: the death is announced of Sir Robert John Pinsent, D.C.L., Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. He was the son of the late Judge Pinsent, of Labrador, and was born in 1834. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1880 (sic), when he received the honour of knighthood.

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Eastern Daily Press: Thursday 4th May 1893

Death: Pinsent, April 27, at Bintry Rectory, Sir Robert Pinsent, D.C.L., Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.

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Echo (London): Thursday 4th May 1893

It is thought probable that Sir James Winter will succeed to the post of Chief Justice of Newfoundland, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Robert Pinsent. Sir James is now 48 years of age, and he was called to the Newfoundland Bar in 1867 … (continues) …

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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893