The Pinsent Baronetcy, of Selly Hill in the
City of Birmingham
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
. It was created on 3 February 1938 for Richard Pinsent, President of the
Law Society from 1918 to 1919 and founding partner of Pinsent & Co, a predecessor firm of
Pinsent Masons
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.
Rower
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and
Olympic
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gold medallist
Sir Matthew Pinsent is the grandson of Clive Pinsent, younger son of the first Baronet.
Pinsent baronets, of Selly Hill (1938)
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Sir Richard Alfred Pinsent, 1st Baronet (1852–1948)
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Sir Roy Pinsent, 2nd Baronet (1883–1978)
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Sir Christopher Roy Pinsent, 3rd Baronet (1922–2015)
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Sir Thomas Benjamin Roy Pinsent, 4th Baronet (born 1967)
The heir presumptive is the current holder's cousin, William Ross Pinsent (born 1955), grandson of the second baronet.
See also
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Pynsent baronets
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References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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