BALFOUR] PEERS, BARONETS, BISHOPS, PRIVY COUNSELLORS 70 Prestonkirk, N.B. Clubs — Carlton : Athenajum ; New, and Scottish Conservative (Edinburgh) : Royal and Ancient Golf (St. Andrews). BALFOUR, Privy Counsellor (G.B.). Apptd. 1900; (Irel.) 1S95. — Rt. Hon. Gerald William Balfour, s. of James Maitland Balfour, of Whittingehame, Haddingtonshii-e, by Lady Blanche 3Iary Harriet, dau. of ,2nd ^larq. of Salisbury. B. 9 April, 1853; ni. 21 Dec. 1887, Lady Elizabeth (Betty) Edith, dau. of 1st Earl Lytton ; ed. at Eton and Camb. ; B.A. 1st class classics 1875 ; M.A. 1877 ; priv. sec. to his bro., the Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, when pres. of Local Govt. Board 1885-6 ; chief sec. for Ireland 1895-1900 ; pres. of the Board of Trade 1900-6 ; pres. of the Local Govt. Board in 1905 : chrmn. roy. (-(ninin. on coast lights of U.K. 1906 ; M.P. central div. of Leeds (C.) 1885- 1906, when he was defeated. Residence — Fishers' Hill, Woking, Surrey. Clubs — Carlton ; Athenaeum. Issue — 1. ROBEET ARTHUR Lytton Balfofr, b. 31 Dec. 1902. 1. Ruth. 2. Eleanor. 3. Mary Edith. 4. Evelyn Barbara BALFOUR, 1st Bt. (U.K.). Great. 3 Feb. 1911.- — Sir Robert Balfour, s. of James Bal- four, of Pilmuir, Largo, Fifeshire, and Isabella, dau. of Alexander Hutchison, of Fosterton, Fife. B. at Pilmuir, 6 March, 1844 ; m. 24 Aug. 1881, Josephine Maria, dau. of the late James Beazley, of Liverpool, shipowner ; ed. at Madras Coll. St. Andrews ; M.P. Lanark- shire (Partick div.) since 1906; partner in the firm of Balfour, W^illiamson & Co., merchants, of Liverpool and London ; dep. chrmn. of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.. Ltd., chrmn. of the California Oil Fields, Ltd., and director of the Union Discount Co., of London, Ltd. Residences — Langham Hall, Colchester ; 7, Prince's Gate, S.W. Clubs — Reform ; Na- tional Liberal ; Bath ; City of London ; Rane- lagh. Issue — 1. Alexander Baifoitr, Heir, b. at San Francisco, 8 Sept. 1882 ; m. 9 April, 1910, Ruth Frances, dau. of late John D. Macfarlaud, Banker of Lincoln, Ne- braska, U.S.A. ; ed. at Rugl)y and Oxford. Resi- dence — Burlinganio, California. Clubs — University, San Francisco ; California. Issue — Nancy. 2. Alan Scott Balfour, b. at Birkenhead, 22 Mav, 1894 ; ed. at Harrow. BALGONIE, Vise. See Leven, Earl of. BALGUHIDAR, Vise. See Athol. Duke of. BALINHARD, Baron. See Southesk, Eabl of. BALL. 1st Bt. (U.K.). Creat. 23 June, i 1911; Knt. Bach. 1903.— Sir Charles Bent I Ball, s. of Robert Ball, LL.D., of Granby Row, Dublin, sec. of Queen's University in Ireland j and curator of Nat. Hist. Mus., Trin. Coll. Dub- I lin, by Amelia Gresley, dau. of Thomas Hellicar, i of Bristol. B. 21 Feb. 1851 ; m. 23 July. 1874. ! Annie Julia, dau. of Daniel Kinahan, J. P., of Roebuck Park, eo. Dublin ; ed. at Shefifield and I Trin. Coll. Dublin and Vienna ; B.A. 1871 ; I senior moderatorship and gold medal in nat. j science, medical scholarship and surgical tra- t veiling prize, M.B., M.Ch. 1872. M.D. 1876, F.R.C.S.L 1879, F.R.C.S. (hon.) Eng. 1900; is | regius pr<jf. of surgery Univ. Dublin ; is surg. to , Sir P. Dun's and Simpson's hospitals ; consulting ] surg. Steevens hosp. Dublin : niemb. of council Roy. Coll. Surg, in Ireland ; hon. surg. to his i Majesty in Ireland ; was hon. surg. (in Ireland) I to King Edward ; menib. General Medical Coua- ' cil ; Erasmus Wilson lecturer Roy. Coll. Surg. in England 1903 ; Lane lecturer in surgery, San Francisco 1902. Residences — 24, Merrion Square North, Dublin ; White House, Killybegs, co. Donegal. Clubs — Constitutional ; University (Dublin) ; Kildare Street (Dublin). Issue — 1. Charles Arthitr Kikahax Ball, Heir, b. at Blacnavon, Mon., 29 March. 1S77 ; m. 25 April, 1907, Elizabetli, dau. of John Smyth Wilson, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. ; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dub. ; M.D., B.Ch., F.R.C.S.I. ; is surg. Sir Patrick Dun's Hosp. Residence — 22, Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin. Club — University. 2. Nigel Greslev' Ball, b. 27 Aus. 1892. 3. Ivan Hellicar Ball, b. 23 July, 1894. 1. Minnie Gwendoline. 2. Nina Evelyn, m. 8 Oct. 1912, Oliver Murpliy, barr.- at-law. 3. Mabel Vaughan, m. 1 Julv. 1911, William Cxcoffrey Harvey, M.D." 4. Anile Muriel Kift. BALLARAT (Victoria), 2nd Bishop of. Founded 1875. — Rt. Rev. Arthur Vincent Green, LL.D., s. of Rev. Samuel Dutton Green, of Colac, Victoria, by Lizzie, dau. of William Dutton of Bampton. Oxford. B. 1857 ; m. 1880, Matilda, dau. of Ven. J. K. Tucker, D.D., Archdeacon of Beechworth and Sale ; ed. at St. Andrews, Salisbury, and Jlelbourne and Sydney Univs. (honours); ord. in Melboiu'ne 1880; sometime Examiner in History and Political Economy, ^Melbourne Uni^-. ; Archdeacon of Ballarat 1890-4 : Bishop of Grafton and Armi- dale 1894-1900, when he was translated to this see. Residence — Bishopscourt, Ballarat, Vic- toria. Australia. Issue — Rev. Waiter Gerard Arthur Green, b. 1887 ; ed. at Durham, M.A., sub-warden St. Aldan's Theological Coll., Ballarat : ni. 1913 Alma Vera, dau. of J. Pottinger, of Kew, Victoria. BALLINBRIECH, Baron. Sec Rothes, Earl BALLYMOTE, Baron oJ. See Taaffe, Vise. BALNIEL, Baron. Sec Crawford, Earl of. BALRATH, Baron of. See Aylmer, Baron. BALVAIRD, Baron. See Mansfield, Earl of. BALVENIE, Baron. See Athol, Duke of. BALWEARIE, Baron. See Leven, Earl of. BANBURY, 1st Bt. (U.K.). Creat. 6 Jan. 19o3. — Sir Frederick George Banbury, s. of Frederick Banbury, by Cecilia Laura, dau. of AVilliam Cox, of Woodford Hall, Essex, and grand- son of William Banburv, of Warlies Park. Essex. B. 2 Dec. 1850 : m. 3 July. 1873. Elizabeth Rosa, dau. and co-heiress of Tliomas Barbot Beale, of Bettenham Park. Suffolk ; ed. at Winchester ; late head of the firm of F. Banbury & Sons, stock- brokers. Old Broad Street, and trustee and man- ager of the Stock Exchange ; a dir. of the Gt. Northern railway. M.P. for Camberwell, Peckham div. (C. and U.") 1892-1906. for City of London since June. 1906 ; J. P. Hunts and Wilts. The family of Banbury conies from Southam in War- wickshire, with which place they have been con- nected for upwards of 400 years. Residences — • Warneford Place. Highworth, Wilts ; 41, Lowndes Street. S.W. Club — Carlton. Issue — 1. The late Capt. Cliarles William Banbury, Colds. Gds., b. 11 Feb. 1877 ; m. 26 April, 1913, Josephine, dau. of Joseph Reixach : ed. at Eton and Oxford ; served in S.A. war 1900-2; killed in action Sept. 1914. 1. Florence Evelyn. BANDON, 4th Earl of. Great. 29 Aug. 1800 ; Vise. Bernard, 29 Aug. 1800 ; Vise. Bandon, 6 Oct, 1796; and Baroii Bandon. 1793(1.); K.P. 1900. — James Francis Bernard, s. of 3rd Earl. B. 12 Sept. 1850 ; m. 22 June. 1876, Hon.
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