Tag: Western Morning News

Western Morning News: Monday 9th November 1936

over the annual meeting of Devon and Cornwall branch Chartered Surveyors’ Institution, at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter, where Mr. W. T. Hills (Torquay), was elected chairman and Mr. T. S. Bliss (Tavistock) vice-chairman. Mr. J. D. Drew, Mr. F. G. Fleury (Plymouth) were elected joint hon. secretaries. Capt. E. J. Wood and Messrs. J. B. Humphries, H. B. Kauntze, W. W. Needham, F. W. H. Pinsent, T. M. Stanier, A. H. Wad and F. Ward (Fellows), J. Clemo, W. A. Knowles, R. N. Rogers, and E. A Ward (professional associates) were elected to serve on the Executive Committee …

[see similar: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 13th November 1936]

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948

Western Morning News: Wednesday 4th March 1936

Tributes to Late Mr. J. Wibberley: Funeral and Plymouth: Large Congregation At Mutley Church: Members and officials of Plymouth Corporation, representatives of religious and public organizations, and of the Services assembled in large numbers at Mutley Methodist church yesterday for the funeral of Mr. John Wibberley, city engineer and surveyor of Plymouth. … (description of his achievements and the service and lists of attendees, includes) … F. W. H. Pinsent …

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948

Western Morning News: Tuesday 22nd October 1935

Devon Surveyor: Mr. Harry Bowden Buried at Plymouth: Mr. Harry Bowden, head of the well-known firm of Messrs. Elliott, Ellis, and Bowden, chartered surveyors, and auctioneers, was buried at the Old Cemetery, Plymouth yesterday afternoon after a service at St. Gabriel’s Church, Peverell. … … Among the many people at the church … (were, list including) … F. W. H. Pinsent …

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948

Western Morning News: Wednesday 16th October 1935

Mr. J. Trembeth, Yelverton: The funeral of Mr. James Trembeth, of 3 Moor-view, Yelverton, well know at all the local flower shows, and one of the oldest members of the Bedford Lodge (No, 282) of Freemason, Tavistock, took place at St. John’s Church, Horrabridge, yesterday. Mr. Trembeth, a native of Polkerris (Cornwall) lived at Horrabridge for many years and was employed as a gardener on various estates in the district …  among those present at the church were Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent, Messrs. E. Woods, L. Frise, H. C. Inch, F. Cave, and F. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lewis, Mrs. Osborne, and Mrs. Hannaford. … Wreaths were sent by … (list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent …

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948
GRO0473 Hennock: Janet Frances Cowtan: 1878 – 1938

Western Morning News: Wednesday 17th July 1935

City Mourns First Lord Mayor: Tributes at Funeral: Maces Draped in Black: Council Duties Recalled: … With the soft strains of “O rest in me Lord” screaming from the organ and gradually filling the church, representatives of every aspect of civic and private life in Plymouth stood reverently to attention as the coffin bearing the mortal remains of the late Ald. J. E. Pillar, Plymouth’s first Lord Mayor, who died on July 12, was borne from St. Andrew’s Church after the funeral service yesterday morning … (description and long list of attendees, includes) … F. W. H. Pinsent (District Valuer) …

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948

Western Morning News: Saturday 25th May 1935

Annoying Clapping: Good Acting at Royal Marine Barracks: Women, as seen by a man. Yet another interpretation was given at the Globe Theatre, R. M. Barracks, Stonehouse, last night, when Mrs. Arthur Picken presented Mr. John Van Druten’s “The Distaff Side.” As to the accuracy of the interpretation mere man would hesitate to say, but good entertainment it certainly is … (review) … parts were played by Mrs. Arthur Gee (Mrs. Frobisher), Mrs. Eric Wilson (Mrs. Fletcher), Mr. H. Pinsent (Christopher Venables), Miss Janet Walker (Rose), Mrs. Derrick Insall, (Charles Hubbard), and Surg. Com. S. Goss (Gilbert Blaize) …. The production, which will be repeated this afternoon and evening, is in aid of the Central Plymouth District Girl Guides.

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Western Morning News: Wednesday 8th May 1935

Plymouth Arts Club’s eighth annual spring show, which opens at the Athenaeum, Plymouth today, quite informally contains many works of outstanding quality while the general tone is in advance of last year … In addition to the exhibits of the Plymouth Arts Club, Devon Arts Society (Torquay) and Exeter Art Society were represented by some of their choice work … Representatives of Societies: Others represented are … (includes) …  J. F. Pinsent of the Torquay Society …

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GRO0473 Hennock: Janet Frances Cowtan: 1878 – 1938

Western Morning News: Friday 26th April 1935

Early Swifts in Devon: Two swifts were circling near the village for a quarter of an hour his evening – (R. G. Adams, Lympstone, April 24): … Swallow: M. Blackmore, Ilfracombe reports normal in district: April 3 – Ditsworthy, W. Dartmoor, One, (R. Pinsent per G. M. Spooner): April 4 – Horrabridge (R. Pinsent per G. M. Spooner) … 

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GRO0749 Hennock: Robert John Francis Homfray Pinsent: 1916 – 1987

Western Morning News: Monday 29th October 1934

Chartered Surveyors: Western Institution’s Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Chartered Surveyors’ Institutions was held at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter, Mr. W. Hosking presiding …

Mr. J. Denys drew (Exeter) and Mr. C. G. Ward (Truro) were elected chairman and vice-chairman respectively, and Mr. F. G. Fleury (Plymouth), hon. secretary, with the following as Executive Committee: The chairman, vice-chairman, hon. Secretary, and the branch representatives on the council and Messrs. W. T. Hills, C. S. Holditch, J. B. Humphries, A. Pearse Jenkin, F. W. H. Pincent, J. L. Postlethwaite, T. M. Stanier, J. E. Tory (fellows, E. T. Haslehust, H. B. Kauntze, R. J. Ryder, E. A. Ward (professional associates) …

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948

Western Morning News: Thursday 20th September 1934

Debt Negotiations: Anglo-German Talks Begun: Berlin, Wednesday: The Anglo-German negotiations on Germany’s overdue debts for imports of coal, textiles, and other raw materials and unfinished goods opened to-day at the Ministry of Economics. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government. Mr. T. Q. Hill, of the Board of Trade, and Mr. H. G. S. Pinsent, Financial Counsellor to the British Embassy, represented Great Britain. Dr. Schacht. President of the Reichsbank and Acting Minister of Economics is the principal German negotiator. German economic writers are alarmed at the various estimates of Germany’s foreign indebtedness, which they say have a tendency to grow from day to day. They appeal the “business instincts” of the British by placing to the foreground the necessity of continuity of trade. … … …

[see also Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette: Wednesday 19th September 1934]

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GRO0365 Devonport: Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent: 1888 – 1976