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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • brother of David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1920 and held various...
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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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    John Wycliffe (category Masters of Balliol College, Oxford)
    in his opinion, uneducated or generally disreputable. He was Master of Balliol College in 1361. In the same year he was presented by the college to the...
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  • Drummond Bone (category Masters of Balliol College, Oxford)
    FRSE, FRSA (born 11 July 1947), is a Byron scholar and was Master of Balliol College at the University of Oxford until April 2018. He previously served...
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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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    1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. 1356 – Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for...
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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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    Edward Heath (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    Ramsgate, Kent, and became a leader within student politics while studying at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. During World War II, Heath served...
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    Olav V (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    Olav then went on to study jurisprudence and economics for two years at Balliol College, Oxford. During the 1930s, Crown Prince Olav was a naval cadet...
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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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    1247) 1290 – Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210) 1443 – Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)...
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