Balston, Thomas (Personal Name)

His Sitwelliana, 1915-1927, 1928.

Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1883; d. 1967)

The wood engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1959: title page (Thomas Balston)

Wikipedia, July 13, 2017 (Thomas Balston; Thomas Balston (1883-1967) was a member of the Whatman paper-making family, a director of the publishers Duckworth and Co., and a noted scholar of English book production and illustration; he was also an amateur painter; Balston was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, and prior to being called to the bar in 1909, served as tutor to Count Gianbattista Spaletti and his brother Count Cesare Spaletti in Italy; from 1912 to 1914, he was secretary to the publisher T. Fisher Unwin; at Duckworth from 1921 to 1934, Balston promoted the work of English wood engravers; he produced several books on the history of the subject)

Wikipedia, viewed Sept 9, 2019: Thomas Balston (Thomas Balston OBE MC (30 July 1883 - 4 October 1967) was a director of the publishers Duckworth and Co., and a noted scholar of English book production and illustration. He was also an amateur painter, having studied under Mark Gertler. Balston was born at Bearsted House, Bearsted, Kent, fourth son of University College, Oxford-educated William Edward Balston and Emily Julia (née Whitehead). Balston was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, and prior to being called to the bar in 1909, served as tutor to Count Gianbattista Spaletti and his brother Count Cesare Spaletti in Italy. From 1912 to 1914, he was secretary to the publisher T. Fisher Unwin. Balston was awarded the Military Cross and an O.B.E. by 1940, at which time he was a Major on the Army's General List, having served during the First World War with the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment in France and Belgium from 1914-1919, as a staff captain with the 96th Infantry Brigade from 1915-17, and as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to the 3rd Division and 3rd Brigade from 1917-18 and 1918-19 respectively. His service in the Second World War came to an end when he was invalided out after three months due to suffering from pneumonia, having been called to Southern Command as a staff captain. At Duckworth from 1921 to 1934, Balston promoted the work of English wood engravers. He produced several books on the history of the subject. Balston died in 1967.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Balston#cite_note-9