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Balston, Francis, 1819-1891
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Dates of existence
1819-1891
History
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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.