John Balliol

Bef 1208 - Bef 1268  (< 60 years)

• Name	John Balliol
  Birth	Bef 1208	Durham, England
  Christening	1212	Durham, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LYGV-NLN
  Burial	25 Oct 1268	Cumberland, England
  Death	Bef 24 Nov 1268	Durham, England
  Person ID	I8017	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Dervorguille Galloway,   b. 1218, Wigtownshire, Scotland d. 28 Jan 1290, Bedfordshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1233	Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Alexander Balliol,   b. 1242, Durham, England d. 1279, Durham, England (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Ada De Baliol,   b. Abt 1248, Durham, England d. UNKNOWN, Scotland + 3. Eleanor Balliol,   b. Abt 1253, Durham, England d. 1302, Scotland (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Sheriff of Cumberland 1248 Keeper of Carlisle and Nottingham Castles Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1261-4 Regent of Scotland Keeper of the Honour of Peverel Keeper of the City of London Sometime Regent of Scotland, he was an ardent supporter of King Henry I I I i n t h e B aron's War against Earl Simon. He left sons Hugh, Alan , Al e x an d e r, and John. By the mid-13th century, he and his wife had become very wealthy, princ i p a l l y as a result of inheritances from Dervorguilla's family. This wea l t h a l l owed Balliol to play a prominent public role, and, on Henry III' s i n s t r uction, he served as joint protector of the young king of Scots, A l e x a n der III. He was one of Henry III's leading counsellors between 12 5 8 a n d 1 2 65. Following a dispute with the Bishop of Durham, he agreed t o p r o v i de funds for scholars studying at Oxford. Support for a house of s t u d e n ts began in around 1263; further endowments after his death, super v i s e d b y Dervorguilla, resulted in the establishment of Balliol College .