Charles Pinney was a British merchant and local politician in Bristol, England.
15 Facts About Charles Pinney
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Charles Pinney was a partner in a family business that ran sugar plantations in the West Indies and owned a number of slaves.
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Charles Pinney was charged with neglect of duty over his actions but was acquitted at trial.
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Charles Pinney returned to local government as an alderman, holding the position until 1853.
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Charles Pinney was the youngest son of John Pretor Pinney and his wife Jane, sugar planters and traders in Nevis, West Indies.
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Charles Pinney took over the running of his father's business, in partnership with Robert Edward Case, which included the ownership of a number of slaves on plantations in the West Indies.
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Charles Pinney was a member of the Whig Party and was president of the Anchor Society, which was then associated with the party, in 1822.
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Charles Pinney was one of the few Whigs in the Tory-dominated corporation, but he served until it was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
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Charles Pinney helped to found and run a Mechanics' Institute in the city and was a supporter of the 1830 French Revolution.
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Charles Pinney was selected as mayor of Bristol on 16 September 1831.
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Charles Pinney attempted to remain politically neutral after his appointment, though this angered many of the Whigs who regarded him as having abandoned his beliefs to join The Establishment.
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Charles Pinney was criticised by some for his actions during the riot and was tried at the Court of King's Bench from 25 October 1832, charged with neglect of duty.
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Charles Pinney was found not guilty of the charge by the jury after seven days.
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Charles Pinney failed, by 34 votes, to be elected as a Whig councillor for the St Augustine constituency in the 1835 elections to the reformed Bristol Corporation.
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Charles Pinney was afterwards selected as an alderman, though he later defected to the Tories.