Ballantyne

British

/ ˈbælənˌtaɪn /

noun

R ( obert ) M ( ichael ). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)

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Ballantyne says she suspects the former prime minister's decision to move to Australia is more nuanced than that.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Ten years ago, Nicole Ballantyne swapped Auckland's eastern suburbs for Sydney's.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Michelle Ballantyne sat as a Reform member at the Scottish Parliament from January to May 2021, having left the Conservatives the previous year and sitting for a short spell as an independent.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

But with his aunt and uncle in Altadena, Ballantyne — for the first time in his life — said he truly felt at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

I have had a very great loss in poor John Ballantyne, who is gone, after a long illness.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

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