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    The House of Balliol (de Bailleul) was a noble family originating from the village of Bailleul in Picardy. They held estates in England, granted during...
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  • The following is a list of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, including alumni and Masters of the college. When available, year of...
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  • writers associated with Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College Register (Sixth Edition) Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) Balliol College Register (Third...
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    Hugh de Balliol (died 1229), Lord of Bywell, Barnard Castle and Gainford, was an English nobleman. He was the son of Eustace de Balliol and Petronilla...
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  • Stell, G. P., "Balliol, Bernard de (d. 1154x62)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 24 Jan 2008 v t e...
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  • 24 Jan 2008 Stell, G. P., "Balliol, Bernard de (d. c.1190)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 24 Jan 2008...
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  • Bernard I de Balliol (died 1154 x 1162), the second-known-ruling Balliol of his line, was a twelfth-century Anglo-Picard baron based for much of his time...
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  • Bernard II de Balliol (died c. 1190) was the fourth and youngest son of Bernard I de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle. Bernard appears to have...
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    Balliol College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, is governed by the Master and Fellows of the college. The Master...
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  • Eustace de Balliol (or Eustace de Helicourt) (died c. 1209) was the cousin and successor of Bernard II de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle...
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    In September 1913, Hofmeyr sailed from Cape Town and finally went to Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He again studied classics, and in...
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  • Telegraph reported that the former Conservative minister Rory Stewart, of Balliol College, had emerged as front runner in the election with the bookmaker...
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  • Pembroke) Jan Morris (St Edmund Hall and Christ Church) Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris (Worcester) Raymond Mortimer (Balliol) Douglas Murray...
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    sent. The letter was read out to the faculty by William Newton-Smith of Balliol during a meeting in January 1979; the final item on the agenda was "Letter...
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    Guardian of Scotland after the forced abdication of his uncle, King John Balliol (r. 1292–1296), in 1296, and for a time commanded the defence of Scotland...
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    Ghislaine Maxwell (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    researcher of the Holocaust, Elisabeth Maxwell. In the 1980s she attended Balliol College, Oxford, and became a prominent member of London's social scene...
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    Benjamin Jowett (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    Anglican cleric, and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Jowett was born in Camberwell, London, the third of nine...
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    William I Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Edward Balliol Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I...
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  • John Rennie (MI6 officer) (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    anti-communist propaganda during the Cold War. Educated at Wellington College and Balliol College, Oxford, Rennie joined an advertising agency in New York City in...
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    William I Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Edward Balliol Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I...
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    Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    was a Head of House and a School Prefect. He won an open scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford, first undertaking National Service from 1952 to 1954,...
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  • awarded the Crown to his father's first cousin once removed, and rival, John Balliol. In 1291, he swore fealty to Edward I as overlord of Scotland. In 1292...
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    pronounced John Balliol to be king. Edward proceeded to treat Balliol as a vassal and tried to exert influence over Scotland. In 1295, when Balliol renounced...
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    House of Bruce came to an end. Disputed claimant Edward Balliol was the son of King John Balliol, who had himself ruled for four years following his election...
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  • Alan Montefiore (category Recipients of the Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk)
    December 1926, London) is a British philosopher and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is a co-founder and Emeritus President of the Forum...
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    Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    Educated at Chiefs' College (later renamed Aitchison College), Lahore, and at Balliol College, Oxford, Iftikhar married Begum Sajida Sultan, second daughter...
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    1870, he took degrees in classics at the University of Edinburgh and at Balliol College, Oxford, and studied law in the Inner Temple, before joining the...
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  • HarperCollins. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-00-472079-1. Verbruggen, Jan F.; Verbruggen, Jan F. (1998). The art of warfare in Western Europe during the Middle...
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    who in 1249 endowed University College, and John Balliol, father of a future King of Scots; Balliol College bears his name. Another founder, Walter de...
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    Henry Beeching (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    Beeching of Bexhill. He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford. He took holy orders in 1882, and began work in a Liverpool...
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