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Earls of Balfour

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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...
(1848–1930), British Conservative politician, Prime Minister of the UK (1902-1905), made the public statement of Balfour Declaration *
Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, PC (9 April 1853 – 14 January 1945), known as Gerald Balfour or The Rt Hon. G. W. Balfour until 1930, was a senior British Conservative politician who became a peer on the death of his brother, for ...
(1853–1945), British Conservative politician *
Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (31 December 1902 – 28 November 1968), styled Viscount Traprain between 1930 and 1945, was a Scottish peer. Balfour was the son of Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour and Elizabeth Balfour, Cou ...
(1902–1968) * Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925–2003) * Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 1948)


Other people

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Balfour (surname) Balfour is a Scottish surname born by members of the Clan Balfour. Balfour commonly refers to Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905, 1st Earl of Balfour and later Foreign Secretary. Balfour may also ...
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Lord Balfour of Burleigh Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in the County of Kinross, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1607 for Sir Michael Balfour. He was succeeded by his daughter, Margaret, his only child. She married Robert Arnot, who assumed the sur ...
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Baron Balfour of Glenawley Baron Balfour of Glenawley or Clonawley, in the County of Fermanagh, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1619 for Sir James Balfour, younger brother of Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh. It refers to the barony o ...
* Sir Graham Balfour (1858–1929), Victorian statistician and member of Florence Nightingale's inner circle * Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922), a Scottish botanist and son of John Hutton Balfour *
John Hutton Balfour John Hutton Balfour (15 September 1808 – 11 February 1884) was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Kee ...
(1808–1884), a Scottish botanist and father of Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour


Places


Canada

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Balfour, British Columbia Balfour is an unincorporated community in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The ferry terminal and former steamboat landing is on the north shore at the entrance to the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. The locality, on BC High ...
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Rayside-Balfour, Ontario Rayside-Balfour (1996 census population 16,050) was a town in Ontario, Canada, which existed from 1973 to 2000. It is now part of the city of Greater Sudbury. The town was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and took its name ...
* Balfour Building


New Zealand

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Balfour, New Zealand Balfour is a small town located in the Southland region of New Zealand. Accounts of Balfour's naming differ: according to one report, it was named after an employee of the Waimea Company who lived there; alternatively it may have been named ...
* Balfour River


Scotland

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Balfour, Aberdeenshire Balfour ( gd, Baile Phùir), Aberdeenshire is a settlement on Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Balfour lies south of the River Dee. History Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp through the Durris Forest, not f ...
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Balfour, Orkney Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263. Today, the village sti ...
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Balfour Castle Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour ...
, Orkney


South Africa

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Balfour, Eastern Cape Balfour is a town in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The village, which lies at the foot of the Katberg, was established as a mission station of the Glasgow Missionary ...
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Balfour, Mpumalanga Balfour is a developing gold mining and maize farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. History The town and post office, some southeast of Johannesburg, was established on the farms Vlakfontein No. 101 and No. 108 which belonged to Frederick S ...


Turks and Caicos Islands

* Balfour Town, Salt Cay, Turks Islands


United States

* Balfour, North Dakota *
Balfour, North Carolina Balfour is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,187 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A post of ...


Other uses

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Beit Aghion Beit Aghion ( he, בית אגיון, ''Aghion House''), also known as Beit Rosh HaMemshala ( he, בית ראש הממשלה, lit. ''House of the Head of Government'') or metonymously as Balfour is the official residence of the Prime Minister o ...
, residence of the Israeli prime minister * Gymnasia Balfour * *
Balfour v. Balfour ''Balfour v Balfour'' 9192 KB 571 is a leading English contract law case. It held that there is a rebuttable presumption against an intention to create a legally enforceable agreement when the agreement is domestic in nature. Facts Mr. Balfour ...
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Balfour Beatty Balfour Beatty plc () is an international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom with capabilities in construction services, support services and infrastructure investments. A constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, Balfour Beatty works acr ...
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L.G. Balfour Company Balfour is an American producer of high school, college, military, and championship rings, and well as yearbooks, caps and gowns, and graduation announcements. Founded in 1913 as the L.G. Balfour Company, Balfour is an operating unit of Commemo ...


See also

* * * Balfour Declaration (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo