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Balfour, Reginald, fourth son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Feb. 4, 1875; adm. Sept. 25, 1888; Q.S. Jan. 1889; left July 1893; King's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1894; scholar June 1897; First Winchester Reading Prize 1897; 1st class (div. 3) Classical Trip., part 1, 1897; 1st class, part 2, 1898; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1901; Fellow of King's 1900; one of the Examiners of the Board of Education May 1900; seconded to the Education Department of the Transvaal (Refugee Camps) June 1901 - Dec. 1902; Secretary of Education for the Co. of Gloucester March - April 1903; retired from the Education Department; became a journalist and wrote for the Morning Post; author and sub-editor of The Month and of the Dublin Review; joined the Roman Church; m. July 10, 1900, Charlotte Warre, daughter of Francis Warre Cornish, Vice-Provost of Eton College; d. July 19, 1907.

BALFOUR, ROBERT DRUMMOND, brother of Edward Balfour (qv); b. 1 Mar 1844; adm. from Bradfield Coll. (G) 27 Jan 1857; QS 1858; left 1859; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Apr 1863, scholar 1863, matr. Easter 1863; played cricket for Cambridge against Oxford 1863-6 and for Gentlemen v. Players 1866; a member of the London Stock Exchange, firm Capel & Co., to retirement 1910; m. 9 Feb 1876 Catherine Eliza, youngest dau. of John Donaldson, Cheswardine, Shropshire; d. 7 May 1915.

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, THOMAS, son of Thomas Ball, Oakham, Rutland; b.; in school list Jun 1764; KS (aged 14) 1767; d. 1769.

BALL, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1590, adm. scholar 1591; BA 1594/5; MA 1598; d. in or before 1601.

BALSTON, FRANCIS, sixth son of William Balston, Maidstone, Kent, and Catharine, dau. of Thomas Vallance, Cheapside, London, stationer and papermaker; b. 6 Sep 1819; adm. 26 Apr 1830; KS 1832; Capt. of the School 1836; rowed no. 2 in the race against Eton 12 May 1836; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; BA 1841; MA 1843; ordained deacon (Oxford) 17 Dec 1843; Incumbent of Benson, Oxfordshire 1848-50; became Roman Catholic 1850; ordained in Roman Catholic church; a priest at West Grinstead, Sussex; d. unm. 15 Oct 1891.

BAMFIELD, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1672.

BANBURY, CYPRIAN, son of Henry Banbury, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 23 Aug 1601; adm.; KS in 1618; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. as sizar Mich. 1618; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; ordained deacon and priest (both London) 24 Dec 1626; Vicar of Heath, Derbs., 1627; Rector of Barlborough, Derbs., 1639-48; m.; buried at Egham, Surrey 18 Jul 1666.

BANCKES, WILLIAM, son of John Banckes, Rydal, Westmorland, agent to the Fleming family estate at Rydal; bapt. 22 Dec 1657; adm. Jun 1674; KS (Capt. ) 1675; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1678, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1678, aged 20, scholar 1679, matr. 1679; migrated to Pembroke Coll.; BA 1681/2; MA 1685; Fellow of Pembroke Coll. from 1682; Moderator 1685; Taxor 1693; edited Catullus for the Univ. Press; d. 1699 (will proved PCC 4 Aug 1699).

BANCROFT, JOHN, son of Christopher Bancroft, Asthall, Oxfordshire, and Audrey Andrews; nephew of Most Rev. Richard Bancroft DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1592, matr. 10 Feb 1592/3, aged 18, Westminster Student to (?) 1601, Tutor; BA 1596; MA 1599; BD 1607; DD 24 Jan 1609/10; tutor to Robert Burton, the author of Anatomy of Melancholy; ordained; Rector of Finchley, Middlesex, 11 Dec 1601-8; Rector of Orpington, Kent, 1605-40; Rector of Stormouth, Kent 1608-10; Rector of Woodchurch, Kent, 1609-33; Rector of Biddenden, Kent, 1610-40; Prebendary of St. Paul’s, 23 Oct 1609 – Jun 1632; Master of University Coll., Oxford, 7 Mar 1609/10 - 23 Aug 1632; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 10 Jun 1632; built a residence for himself and his successors in the See of Oxford at Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire; d. 12 Feb 1640/1. DNB.