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Deaths: … (list includes) … Pinsent – Judge, Cumberland Street, 78, Oct. 28 …
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GRO0748 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1798 – 1876
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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GRO0062 Hennock: Anna Brown Cooke: 1837 – 1882
GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922
GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893
GRO0748 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1798 – 1876
The death of Sir Robert Pinsent, which occurred at his father-in-law’s rectory in Norfolk on Thursday, will be a great loss to Newfoundland. Sir Robert was hardly sixty and was one of the best authorities on the vexed fisheries question. He was called to the Newfoundland Bar in 1856 and was appointed a Member of the Legislative Council three years later. Subsequently he became successively Attorney General and Solicitor General and in 1880 he became a Puisne Judge, a position which he held till his death. Sir Robert was son of the late Judge Pinsent of the Court of Labrador, was a thoroughly sound lawyer and painstaking judge who was cordially esteemed by all who knew him.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893
GRO0748 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1798 – 1876
Sir Robert Pinsent, the able Chief Justice of Newfoundland, has just arrived in England, accompanied by Lady Pinsent. Sir Robert, who is now in his fifty-ninth year, is a Newfoundlander and a son of the late Judge Pinsent, of the Court of Labrador. He was called to the Bar in 1856, and after has been, successively, Attorney – General and Solicitor – General of Newfoundland, was appointed a Puisne Judge in 1880. He is the author of several treatises on the Fisheries question, on which he is generally allowed to be one of the best living authorities.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893
GRO0748 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1798 – 1876
Death: Pinsent: At 54 Lillie Road, West Brompton, in her 72nd year, Louisa Broome Pinsent, widow of Judge Pinsent of Labrador.
[see also Hereford Times: Saturday 30th September 1882]
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GRO0597 Hennock: Louisa Broom Williams: 1808 – 1882
GRO0748 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1798 – 1876