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.

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

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

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-.

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.

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, ARCHIBALD, brother of Edward Balfour (qv); b. 16 Jul 1840; adm. (G) Jan 1854, having previously been at Radley and Bradfield; QS 1855; left 1859; Third Class Clerk, Admiralty 19 Apr 1859 - res 30 Oct 1861; became a Russian merchant; member firm I. Thomson, T. Bonar and Co.; of Billingsbear Park, Wokingham, Berks.; m. 14 Apr 1864 Sophy Charlotte, dau. of Thomas Mathias Weguelin MP, London; d. 29 Oct 1922.

BALE, SACKVILLE, eldest son of Sackville Stephens Bale (qv); b. 21 Oct 1789; at school by Jul 1800; KS 1804; left 1806; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1808; Ensign, 5th Native Infantry 21 Nov 1809; buried at Calcutta 16 Jul 1812.

BALE, SACKVILLE STEPHENS, son of Sackville Spencer Bale (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 7 Nov 1753 (IGI); in school list Jun 1764; KS 1766; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - res 23 Dec 1778; BCL 1778; ordained deacon (Oxford) 22 Dec 1776; Domestic Chaplain to Sir John Skynner (qv) 27 Dec 1777, to George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (qv) 15 Feb 1782; Rector of Withyham, Sussex, from 24 Jan 1778; Rector of Chiddingstone, Kent, from 1783; m. 29 Dec 1788 Alicia, fourth dau. of Francis Otway (qv); d. 28 Sep 1836, aged 83.

BALE, SACKVILLE SPENCER, son of Sackville Bale, Westminster, official in Lord Steward’s Department, Royal Household; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1733; KS 1738; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 - res 26 Jun 1749; BA 1746; MA 18 Mar 1748/9; First Yeoman of Accompting House, Royal Household 28 Jan 1742 - Dec 1760; ordained deacon 15 May 1749; Domestic Chaplain to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv) 22 May 1749, and to Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (qv) 31 Oct 1765; Rector of Withyham, Sussex, 22 May 1749 - 10 Oct 1777; Vicar of Rottingdean, Sussex, 20 May 1751-5; Rector of Chiddingstone, Kent, 29 Apr 1755-82; “the worthy parish priest and ever faithful friend” of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (qv) (Cumberland, Memoirs, ii, 253); m. 19 Sep 1752 Louisa, dau. of Henry Godde, St. Anne’s, Soho; buried Withyham 28 Jan 1793.