Issue 59

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 59           January 2024   Contents   page Pepperpot Pistol Owned by Singer Johnny Cash – Professor Tom Balchin 6 Mrs Eileen Balchin’s One Hundredth Birthday – Sir Robert Balchin, Lord Lingfield 9 Thomas H. Balchin of Hastings – Professor Tom Balchin and Diana Beamish 12 A Vellum Document from the […]

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Issue 58

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 – […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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? – […]

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