Tag: March 1911

Birmingham Mail: Wednesday 1st March 1911

Greater Birmingham Bill: The Opponents in the House of Lords: Petitions Lodged: Petition praying to be heard against the Great Birmingham Bill in the House of Lords have been deposited in the Private Bill Office from the following: Staffordshire County Council, Worcestershire County Council, King’s Norton and Northfield Urban District Council, Handsworth Urban District Council, Guardians of West Bromwich Union, Yardley Rural District Council, Officers of Yardley Council, Mr. William Henry Whitehouse, Mr. John James Bromley, Mr. Ernest Frederick Johnson, Mr. John Henry Worrall, Mr. Richards Alfred Pinsent. A petition against an alteration to the Bill had been lodged by the Droitwich Corporation and others … (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Stratford upon Avon: Friday 24th March 1911

The Workhouse Question: The position of the Solihull Board of Guardians under the Greater Birmingham scheme, when the Board will be left with a workhouse much too large for the requirements of the union which will remains was discussed … … At Tuesday’s meeting it was reported by the clerk (Mr. F. L. Thompson), that the committee of the Board had met Mr. Pinsent, their solicitor, and had had submitted to them a draft clause as settled between the town clerk and Mr. Pinsent and amended by the counsel on behalf of Birmingham. …

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GROxxxx Devonport

London Daily Chronicle: 21st March 1911

Birth: … Pinsent: On the 18th March at 16, Maresfield Gardens, N. W., the wife of Ross Pinsent of a son.

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GRO0009 Devonport: Adolphus Ross Pinsent: 1851 – 1929
GRO0085 Devonport: Basil Hume Pinsent: 1911 – 2000
GRO0281 Devonport: Ethel Mary Philomena Whitelaw: 1869 – 1955

Stratford upon Avon: Friday 17th March 1911

The New Cemetery: The question of the provision of a new cemetery for Solihull has been further advanced by the District Council … The opportunity has been taken of embracing Shirley and Olton. The site selected is a Sandy Hill, and Messrs. Pinsent and Co., have forwarded to the District Council the draft agreement for the purchase of the land. …

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Northampton Herald: Friday 3rd March 1911

The Feeble-Minded: The Present Stress: What of the Future: Lecture by Mrs. Pinsent: The following lecture on “The Care of the Feeble Minded” was given on Thursday week by Mrs. Pinsent in the Lecture Hall Free Library at a meeting in connection with the National Society for the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded. At the outset of her address, Mrs. Pinsent said that in order to thoroughly understand the full extent of the harm caused by the neglect of the mentally defective, they must first consider the existing laws concerning defectives and ascertain how far they enable them to deal satisfactorily the question. … (long discussion of the issue) … Concluding, Mrs. Pinsent said that the Government were attempting to deal with the mentally defective through four different departments. First the Board of Education provided unsuitably education for the mentally defective children. That education did not render them self-supporting or self-standing citizens. … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949