JONES, J. W. [John Winter]
Robert John Pinsent (1797-1876) was a magistrate or Justice of the Peace at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Born into a wealthy merchant family he was appointed magistrate in Brigus in 1836 then magistrate of Harbour Grace shortly after. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1851. Pinsent served as judge of the Labrador court from 1863 to 1874. In 1874 he retired to London and died two years later. Pinsent's friend James Power (ca. 1796 1847) was a merchant, politician, justice of the peace and magistrate, and was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.