Devon Central Chamber of Agriculture: Canon Girdlestone, on Savings’ Banks for Landowners, Farmers and Labourers: The Chamber held a meeting in the Town Hall, Newton Abbot, on Wednesday afternoon. Present: The Rev. Prebendary Hawker, in the chair; Dr. Gaye, Dr. Atkinson, Messrs. J. S. Upcott, T. R. Cornish, H. H. Watson. E. Ford, J. Ellis, H. T. Hannaford, G. Stooke, J. Sowton, Lee, G. Pinsent, J. W. Phillips, James Soper, F. H. Firth, W. Rendell, T. Knowles, James Cornish, J. Noseworthy, Hunt, T. H. Sanders, J. Cornish (Luton), R. Coulton, Harvey, (etc). The Rev. Chairman opened proceedings in a brief speech. Canon Girdlestone said among the many idle reports which had been circulated about him, one was that his interests had been centred in the labourer exclusively, and that he had no care of consideration for the landowner or the farmer. This was altogether incorrect …
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GRO0369 Hennock: Gilbert Pinsent: 1840 – 1918