THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 58 July 2023 Contents page A Brave Pioneer: Acting Forewomen Jessie Grace Balchin QMAAC – Sir Robert Balchin, Lord Lingfield 6 Schools Local History Book: Researching in the Pandemic – Diana Beamish 8 My Aunt Gill’s Life – Diana Beamish 12 Further descendants of James Balchin (1804 – 76) and […]
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Issue 57
THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 57 January 2023 Contents page Daughters of William Balchin and some of their descendants – Diana Beamish 6 Comment on Wikipedia article on Professor William Balchin – Anne Balchin 12 The Mystery of Charlotte Balchin’s death solved – Rene Bullas 13 The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II – […]
Issue 56
THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 56 July 2022 Contents page Captain Albert E Balchin MBE RA – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 6 Our Antipodean Family – Mary Balchin 8 William Balchin – Nigel Cross 12 Where to find dates of birth/marriage/death other than the certificates – Diana Beamish 16 Births, […]
Captain Albert E Balchin MBE RA
There are a number of recipients of the Order of the British Empire in the Balchin Family and this article is about the medals which tell the story of one of them Albert E (probably Edward) Balchin who served in both the first and second World Wars. Albert Edward joined the Army as a Private […]
Issue 55
THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 55 January 2022 Contents page Lockdown experiences – Diana Beamish 6 Balchin’s Victory & Cawdor Castle – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 8 What have you found? – Diana Beamish 14 William and Louisa Balchin of Guildford and their family – Diana Beamish 15 Learning a new skill during lockdown […]
Josiah (Joseph) Charles Balchin – 1883 Hunter Pocket Watch
In Newsletter Issue 32, page 8 (July 2010) we reported on my find of a pocket watch winding key stating that it had been made by ‘J C BALCHIN, 162 LAMBETH WALK, LONDON SE’. This article created a lot of interest and was later followed up by a letter from Graham Balchin in Issue 33, […]
Issue 54
THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 54 July 2021 Contents page A Jewish Balchin – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 5 Worshipful Brother Edmund Balchin – Gunmaker of Hull & other Masonic Balchins – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 9 Edmund Balchin – Gunmaker of Hull A Pistol for sale in Munich – Sir Robert […]
Issue 53
THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 53 January 2021 Contents page A Balchin Manuscript Which is 450 Years Old (Part 1) – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 5 How not to spell Balchin – Diana Beamish 8 Balchen Road in London and Balchen in Switzerland – Diana Beamish 14 What have you found? – […]
Issue 52
THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 52 July 2020 Contents page Charles Balchin’s Record Drive to Brighton – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 5 Charles Balchin 1828 – 1862 – Jenny Dixon 8 Who Was James Balchin? – Jenny Dixon 13 The Other Banstead Balchins – Jenny Dixon 14 Further descendants of my great-grandparents, Ann and […]
Edmund Balchin Pistol Case Label
This beautifully presented label adorns an Edmund Balchin pistol case. It proudly shows that Edmund Balchin was the successor to Esau Ackrill who was an established Gunmaker, c1813 in Market Place, Beverley. It also “advertises” his flair for invention as Patentee of Bomb Lances. For more information on Edmund Balchin, his 12-Gauge Double Barrelled Shotgun […]