Men-at-the-Bar/Ballantine, William

by Joseph Foster

Ballantine, William, author of Experiences of a Barrister's Life, From the Old World to the New, a revising barrister on the Home circuit 1839-43, a student of the Inner Temple 28 May, 1829 (then aged 17), called to the bar 6 June, 1834, serjeant-at-law 3 Nov., 1856, with patent of precedence 12 Jan., 1863, an honorary bencher of his Inn, 22 Nov., 1878 (eldest son of William Ballantine, Esq., bar.-at-law, of the Inner Temple); born , 1812; married 4 Dec, 1841, Eliza, dau. of Henry Gyles, Esq., of London.