Dr. NIGEL CECIL BALCHIN

It is with our deepest regret that we have to report that Dr Nigel Balchin, the Society’s first Newsletter production editor, sadly passed away on 27th December 2017.  Many family members will have known Nigel, who contributed greatly to the success of the Society since it’s inception. It is, therefore, only fitting that we give […]

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Issue 47

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 47           January 2018 Contents   page 2017 Gathering – Diana Beamish 5 Searching for the elusive Edmund Balchin – Rob Balchin 6 Edmund Balchin 1826 – 1888 – Jenny Dixon 15 Balchin sisters celebrate their Golden and Diamond Wedding Anniversaries in 2017 –  Anne Chapman 20 ARNI Approach:  Action for […]

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The Centenary of the Foundation of the Imperial Society and Dedication of the Knights’ Chapel in the Crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral

  On November 13th 2008, Sir Robert Balchin, 11th Knight Principal of The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor, welcomed on behalf of the Society, HM The Queen, its Patron, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, to St Paul’s Cathedral for the Centenary Service and the Dedication of a new Chapel of the Knights which had been created […]

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