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Ballantyne, Thomas Herbert Norman, son of Henry Norman Ballantyne, of Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, by Jessie Lindsay, daughter of Thomas Lindsay Watson, of Hawick, Roxburghshire; b. April 6, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left July 1918; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1918-9; director of a woollen spinning and manufacturing firm; m. Nov. 23, 1939, Cicely Joan, daughter of J. Clapham Bartle, of Whetherby, Yorks.

Ballantyne, Charles Kenneth Norman, brother of Thomas Herbert Norman Ballantyne (q.v.); b. Dec. 1, 1903; adm. from the Edinburgh Academy Sept. 27, 1917 (G); left Dec. 1920; secretary of the New Club, Edinburgh.

Ball, Ian George, son of Sir George Joseph Ball KBE, barrister-at-law, and his second wife Mary Caroline, d. of John Penkorwood of Bideford, Devon; b. 15 Mar. 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (A), from Jan. 1937 (G); left Apr. 1938; RNVR 1944-5 (Lieut.); Lond. Stock Exchange 1946-59; later sole stockbroking agent in Sark; m. 6 Oct. 1948 Joy Elsa, widow of Flt Lieut. E. C. Ball RNZAF; d. 1991

Ball, Humfrey Burnaby, brother of Edmund Hugo Ball (qv); b. 1 Oct. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (G), KS 1931; left July 1935; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1945; Roy. Tank Regt 1939-46 (Lieut.); p.o.w. Italy, escaped to Switzerland 1943; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) 1948; Iraq Educational Dept 1947-9; advocate and solicitor Supreme Court of Malaysia 1951-.

Ball, Andrew Edward Campbell, brother of Robert Patrick James Ball (qv); b. 1 Dec. 1940; adm. Sept. 1955 (G); left Apr. 1958; called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, July 1963; practised on Midland Circuit; m. 21 Aug. 1965 Veronica Eve Reti-Forbat; d. 30 June 1971.

BALFOUR, EDWARD, fourth son of Charles Balfour, Lower Berkeley Street, London, and Maria Caroline, only dau. of Sir John Edward Harington, Bart., EICS Bengal; b. 2 Jan 1833; adm. (G) 27 Feb 1843; QS 1846; cox of the eight in the race against Eton 29 Jul 1847; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1850, matr. 23 Oct 1850, Westminster Student; BA 1854; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1852-4, and for Gentlemen v. Players 1852-4; d. at Genoa 12 Aug 1856.

BAKER, GODFREY THOMAS, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. William Massy Baker, Fort William, Glanmire, co. Cork, EICS Bengal, and Mary Twogood, only child of Rev. Richard Davies, Dawstown, co. Cork, Rector and Vicar of Rathcormack, co. Cork; b. 18 Apr 1810; adm. (G) 7 Feb 1825; left Jul 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1828; BA 1833; m. 1841 Maria, fourth dau. of Charles Silver Oliver MP, Inchera, co. Limerick; d. 10 May 1889.

Baird-Smith, Maurice James, son of Rev. Alexander MacEwen Baird-Smith, Rector of Wheat­hampstead, Herts, and Ellen Mary, d. of James Campbell, shipowner, of Glasgow; b. 14 Aug. 1918; adm. May 1932 (G); left July 1936; RAF, PO 1936, FO 1939; Sperry Gyroscope Co. 1937- 40; RAF 1941-5 (Sqdn-Ldr, temp. Wing-Cdr); DFC 1941; RAF Staff Coll. 1942; p.o.w. (Berlin) Jan. 1944; Shell Internal. 1945-59, man. in Chile, Cuba and Greece; Chilean Order of Bernardo O'Higgins 1959; m. 1st 23 Sept. 1943 Vyvyan, d. of Maj. J. R. C. Bodley MC, 60th Rifles; 2nd Monique Mousseau of Paris.

Baillie, Murry Gladwin, son of William Augustus Baillie, of London, by Agnes Amelia, daughter of Charles Benebo, of Bristol; b. Sept. 5, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (G); left April 1899; A. C. A. Feb. 1905; in practice at Brussels as a continental partner in Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths and Co.; served in the R. H. A. and R. F. A. (T. F.) Jan. 1915 - Sept. 1921, when he resigned with the rank of Capt.; was attached General Staff March 1918 - Jan. 1919; author of Some Notes on Stock Exchange Securities (1906); m. Dec. 10, 1912, Bertha Charlotte Anne, daughter of Bertie Charles Scott, of Rue de la Vallie, Brussels; d. Aug. 17, 1933.

Baillie, Hugh Murray Gladwin, son of Murray Gladwin Baillie (qv); b. 21 Sept. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf, matric. 1934, BA 1939, MA 1965; Intell. Corps 1941-6 (Maj.); wounded (France) 1944, despatches May 1945; Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer, Control Commn for Germany 1946-50; Parachute Regt (TA) 1952, Maj. 1955; MBE (Mil.) June 1962; asst registrar Nat. Registry of Archives 1955; asst sec. Historical MSS Commn 1965; FSA 1967; d. 16 Mar. 1982.