BALLANTINE, WILLIAM. Barrister I.T. 5 Feb. 1813; magistrate at Thames police court 1821–48. _d._ 89 Cadogan place, Chelsea 14 Dec. 1852 in 74 year. _I.L.N. ix_, 317 (1846), _portrait_. BALLANTYNE, JAMES ROBERT. _b._ Kelso 13 Dec. 1813; ed. at Edinburgh new academy and college; teacher of Hindi and Sanskrit at Naval and military academy Edin. 1839; principal of College of Benares 1845–61; librarian of India office library Cannon row, Westminster 1861 to death; author of _Lectures on the sub-divisions of knowledge, Sanskrit and English_ 1848; _The Mahabhashya or great commentary on the aphorisms of Panini_ 1856; _Christianity contrasted with Hindu philosophy_ 1859 and 14 other works. _d._ 16 Feb. 1864. _Journal of Royal Asiatic Society i, v-vii_ (1865). BALLANTYNE, ROBERT MICHAEL. _b._ Edinburgh 24 April 1825; in the Hudson Bay Company’s service 1841–47; author of _Hudson’s Bay or every day life in the wilds of North America_ 1848, 3 ed. 1859; _Coral island, a tale of the Pacific ocean_ 1857; _Deep down, a tale of the Cornish mines_ 1868, and many other tales. _d._ 1871. BALLANTYNE, THOMAS. _b._ Paisley 1806, a weaver there; edited _Bolton Free Press_; edited _Manchester Guardian_; printer, publisher and one of the 4 original proprietors of _Manchester Examiner_; editor of _Liverpool Journal_ and _Liverpool Mercury_; edited the _Leader_ in London; started the _Statesman_, edited it till its close; edited _St. James’s Chronicle_; author of _Passages selected from writings of T. Carlyle_ 1855; _Essays in mosaic_ 1870. _d._ Tufnell park, Holloway 30 Aug. 1871. BALLARD, EDWARD GEORGE (_only child of Edward Bollard, alderman of Salisbury who d. 6 March 1827_). _b._ Salisbury 29 April 1791; clerk in the Stamp and Excise offices London 1809–17; wrote most of the poetry and critiques for the _Weekly Review_; author of _A new series of original poems_ [_anon._] 1825; _Microscopic amusements_ 1829; wrote part of a continuation of _Strype’s Ecclesiastical annals_ in _The Surplice_ weekly paper 1848. _d._ Compton terrace, Islington 14 Feb. 1860. BALLARD, JOHN ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1829; 2 lieut. Bombay Engineers 8 Dec. 1848 and lieut. col. 10 Nov. 1869 to 31 Dec. 1878; lieut. col. Turkish army 1854; served in campaigns on the Danube 1854–55, in Crimea 1855, and in Mingrelia 1855–56; assistant quartermaster general of Persian expeditionary force 1856–57, and of Rajpootana field force and Malwa division in Indian mutiny 1858–59; C.B. 10 May 1856; mint master Bombay 1862–78; general 31 Dec. 1878. _d._ Pass of Thermopylæ near Livadia Greece 1 April 1880.