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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Balfour Family information</titleproper>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives</publisher>
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          <addressline>Library,<lb/>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,<lb/>20a Inverleith Row</addressline>
          <addressline>Edinburgh</addressline>
          <addressline>EH3 5LR</addressline>
          <addressline>Telephone: 0131 2481036</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: lpaterson@rbge.org.uk</addressline>
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        <date normal="2014-09-05" encodinganalog="date">2014-09-05</date>
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        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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      <unitdate normal="1853/1980" encodinganalog="3.1.3">1853 - 1980</unitdate>
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        <extent>Family tree docs;<lb/>1 box misc. papers<lb/>1 photo album</extent>
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        <corpname>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives</corpname>
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          <addressline>Library,<lb/>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,<lb/>20a Inverleith Row</addressline>
          <addressline>Edinburgh</addressline>
          <addressline>EH3 5LR</addressline>
          <addressline>Telephone: 0131 2481036</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: lpaterson@rbge.org.uk</addressline>
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        <persname id="atom_2876_actor">Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley</persname>
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        <p>Son of John Hutton Balfour, Isaac Bayley Balfour was Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh between 1888 and 1922, specialising in Rhododendrons and Primulas and making improvements to the RBGE's teaching and laboratory facilities.</p>
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      <p>•Various copies of Isaac Bayley Balfour’s Family Tree<lb/>•Copy of the Balfour family photo album<lb/>•1 box of miscellaneous papers regarding the Balfour family tree</p>
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      <p>Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/</p>
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      <p>Images from family photo album not to be used or reproduced without permission from the owner.</p>
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