Tag: January 1878

Liverpool Mail: Saturday 3rd August 1878

… Some startling revelations were made during the hearing of a baby-farming case at the Birmingham police Court. A midwife, named Ann Pinsent, was charged with concealing the birth of a child born in her house, the mother being unmarried. Since her arrest the skeletons of eleven children have been found interred in a garden adjacent to the house. She was remanded for a week. …

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Bury & Suffolk Standard: Tuesday 29th January 1878

Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Wranglers: … 3, Graham, Gonv. & Gaius; 4, Edwards, Sidney Sussex & Pinsent, St. John’s … (continues) …

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Norwich Mercury: Saturday 26th January 1878

Cambridge University Great Mathematical Tripos: Cambridge, Jan. 25th: The scene which has probably been enacted in the Cambridge Senate House annually since the days of Sir Isaac Newton has been repeated this morning under the usual circumstances: … (Long Description  & names of Moderators and Examiners) … … Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Wranglers: Senior, Hobson, Christ’s, Derby, 2, Steggall, Trinity, London; 3, Graham, Caius, Dublin, 4 and 5, Edwards, Sidney, Seaham and Pinsent, St. John’s, Edgbaston, 6, Macaulay, King’s, Hodnet … (continues) … . 

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

London Standard: Saturday 26th January 1878:

Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Cambridge, January 25t: Wrangles: … Edwards, Sidney Sussex and Pinsent, St. John’s (fourth) … Mr. Hume Chancellor Pinsent, of St. John’s College, is a son of the late Mr. R. S. Pinsent, of Devonport, was born in September 1857, and educated at Amersham Hall School, Reading, under Mr. West, as headmaster. In December 1875, he gained an Exhibition in Mathematics at St. John’s, after having at the- Cambridge Centre of the Senior Local Examinations passed first in Honours. In June 1874, he was first in Honours at the London Matriculation Examination. He entered upon residence at Cambridge in October 1874, and was elected to a Foundation Scholarship in June 18 77. Mr. Pinsent’s college tutor was the Rev. E. Hill; his private tutor, Mr. T. Dale, of Trinity, third Wrangler in 1862.

[see also Chelmsford Chronicle: Friday 1st February 1878 and Leeds Mercury: Saturday 26th January 1878]

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864

Huddersfield Daily Chronicle: Saturday 26th January 1878

Cambridge University Mathematical Tripos: Cambridge January 25th: The honour list of this great Tripos has been issued this morning, the list of wranglers being read out in the Senate House at nine o’clock amidst some excitement on the part of the candidates and their friends … … Wranglers: Senior: … 4: Edwards, Sidney, Seaham & Pinsent, St. John’s Edgbaston … 

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

Birmingham Daily Post: Saturday 26th January 1878

Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Yesterday there was the usual large gathering in the Senate House at Cambridge to hear the result of the great mathematical examination of the year. Outside opinion was divided as to who would bear the coveted position of Senior Wrangler, some thinking it would go to Christ’s College, others to Caius, and other to Trinity. The sequel will show how far the expectations were justified. In all cases of equality, the names are bracketed. The following is the list: Wranglers: … (list includes) … Edwards, Sidney Sussex and Pinsent, St. John’s (fourth equal) … Mr. Hume Chancellor, Pinsent of St. John’s College, was educated at Amersham Hall School, near Reading, under Mr. West, headmaster.

[see related: Norfolk News: Saturday 26th January 1878]

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

The Leeds Mercury: Saturday January 26th, 1878: Issue 12417

Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Yesterday morning there was the usual large gathering in the Senate House at Cambridge to hear the result of the great mathematical examination of the year. Outside opinion was divided as to who would bear off the coveted position of Senior Wrangler, some thinking it would go to Christ’s College, others to Caius, and others to Trinity. The sequel will show how far the expectations were justified. The following is the list:  [30 names with Pinsent, St. John’s named 4th, short biographies of the first twelve are given]; … Mr. Hume Chancellor Pinsent, of St. John’s College, was educated at Amersham Hall School, near Reading, under Mr. West, headmaster. He obtained an Exhibition at the Cambridge Local Examinations in 1873, and matriculated at London University in June 1874, where he was first in honours. He came into residence at St. John’s College in October 1874, and was elected to a Foundation Scholarship in June 1877: College tutor, Rev. E. Hill, private tutor, Mr. Dale, Trinity.

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

Cheltenham Looker-On: Saturday 26th January 1878

The Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: The publication of which is always looked forward to by members of the University and the learned world in general with great interest, was issued yesterday morning, when the customary excited scenes were enacted in and around, the Senate House; the floor of which was taken possession of by the Undergraduates as soon as the doors were opened. The usual formalities having been done through, the Lists of Wrangles read over, copies thereof were thrown from the galleries to be scrambled for by the excited occupants of the hall below. Who soon after dispersed themselves to congratulate those fellow Collegians whose names were included therein. Of these there were eighty-nine in number; the following being the first twelve:  Hobson, Christ’s, Derby; Steggall, Trinity, London; Graham, Caius, Dublin; Edwards, Sidney, Seaham and Pensent, St. John’s, Edgbaston, (equal); Macaulay, King’s Hodnet … (continues)

[see similar in Cornish & Devon Post: Saturday 2nd February 1878 and other newspapers]

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

Cheltenham Looker-On: Saturday 26th January 1878 

The Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: The publication of which is always looked forward to by members of the University and the learned world in general with great interest, was issued yesterday morning, when the customary excited scenes were enacted in and around, the Senate House; the floor of which was taken possession of by the Undergraduates as soon as the doors were opened. The usual formalities having been done through, the Lists of Wrangles read over, copies thereof were thrown from the galleries to be scrambled for by the excited occupants of the hall below. Who soon after dispersed themselves to congratulate those fellow Collegians whose names were included therein. Of these there were eighty-nine in number; the following being the first twelve:  Hobson, Christ’s, Derby; Steggall, Trinity, London; Graham, Caius, Dublin; Edwards, Sidney, Seaham and Pensent, St. John’s, Edgbaston, (equal); Macaulay, King’s Hodnet … (continues)

[see similar in Cornish & Devon Post: Saturday 2nd February 1878 and other newspapers]

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920

Dublin Evening Mail: Friday 25th January 1878

Cambridge University: Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Wranglers: Hobson, Christ’s; Steggill, Trinity; Graham, Caius; Edwards, Sydney Sussex; Pinsent, St. John’s; Macaulay, King’s … …

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920