Maxwell Balfour

1875 - 1914  (39 years)

• Name	Maxwell Balfour  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Max"
  Birth	1875	Valparaiso, Chile   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	son of James Robert Balfour and Rachel Ogilvie [Ogilvie Godfrey family tree]
  Residence	Apr 1881	11 Miles Rd, Clifton   [4]
  	with grandmother Annie Ogilvie, widow, age 57 b Dundee, & family
  Education	abt 1890	Clifton College   [6]
  Education	abt 1895	New College, Oxford   [7]
  Military Service	abt 1900 - 1902	South Africa ; City Imperial Volunteers  [6, 7]
  	He began military service in 1899 in the Boer War serving in the C.I.V. with friends Lionel Hichens and Lionel Curtis. [Ogilvie Turner family tree] Lionel Hichens, Lionel Curtis, and the late Maxwell Balfour joined the C.I.V. from New College in January, 1900,as members of the Inns of Court Cyclist Section -- I believe the first cyclist unit that ever served oversea with a Regular infantry brigade. This unit served as despatch riders to Lord Kitchener when, after the fall of Bloemfontein, he led a force against rebels in the north-west of Cape Colony. [from An appreciation of Lionel Hitchens, L.C.G.-W., The Times, 28 Oct 1940]
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Painter  [3]
  	In 1902 Max designed a stained-glass window for St. Andrew's Church, Alfriston, East Sussex. The window, depicting St. Christopher, is located in the chancel. [Ogilvie Turner family tree]
  Residence	Mar 1901	118 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea   [3, 8]
  	next door to Turner's studio
  Marriage	abt May 1904	Kensington
  	Nina Mary Joachim,   b. abt Aug 1876, Kensington d. 05 Oct 1928, 85 Bedford Gardens, Kensington
  Residence	1914	Thurlow House, Golf Rd, Felixtowe   [9]
  Death	03 Sep 1914	Newlands House, Tooting Bec Rd, Tooting   [5, 9]
  Probate	02 Jan 1915	London ; £17,500 7s. 9d.  [9]
  	Balfour Maxwell of Thurlow House Golf-road Felixtowe Suffolk died 3 September 1914 at Newlands House Tooting Bec-road Tooting Surrey Probate London 2 January to Harold Henry Joachim [brother-in-law] fellow of Merton College Robert Martin Holland banker and Owen Fleming architect. Effects £17500 7s. 9d. [NPC]
  Person ID	I3466	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family	Nina Mary Joachim,   b. abt Aug 1876, Kensington d. 05 Oct 1928, 85 Bedford Gardens, Kensington (Age ~ 52 years)
  Marriage	abt May 1904	Kensington   [10, 11]
  Notes	Son Lionel Maxwell Joachim Balfour, b 1906, d 1973. He was an aviation pioneer in the 1930s. His company (Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd.) ran the 'Spithead Express' air ferry service, which operated from Ryde Airport, 1932-1939. It also developed the 'Portsmouth Aerocar', exhibited at the 1947 SBAC Show held at Radlett, but never put into production.
  Children	1. Rachel Ellen Julia Balfour,   b. 02 May 1907, Chelsea d. 07 Nov 1992, Abbey Nursing Home, Amesbury (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F0972	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	02 May 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S08] Family Trees & Websites, 02 May 2010, Ogilvie Godfrey Family Tree. [S05] The Times, 12 Aug 1931, marriage notice. dau Rachel [S01] Census, 1901, UK. age 39 b Chile [S01] Census, 1881, UK. age 7 b Valparaiso [S02] BMD Index, 3Q1914, death reg Wandsworth. age 39 [S08] Family Trees & Websites, Ogilvie Godfrey Family Tree. [S05] The Times, 28 Oct 1940. [S38] City & County Directories, 1902, Post Office Directories. [S14] Probate Register. [S02] BMD Index, 2Q1904, marriage reg Kensington. Maxwell Balfour = Nina Mary Joachim [S01] Census, 1911, UK. marr 6 yrs