Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL (/ˈbælfər, -fɔːr/, 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a...
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letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission...
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The Balfour Declaration of 1926, issued by the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named after Arthur Balfour, who was Lord...
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and was the father of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Balfour was the son of James Balfour (c.1775–1845) and his wife Lady Eleanor...
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (redirect from Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)
electoral victory in 1900. He relinquished the premiership to his nephew Arthur Balfour in 1902 and died in 1903. He was the last prime minister to serve from...
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Earl of Balfour is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for Conservative politician Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the...
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The Arthur Balfour Professorship of Genetics is the senior professorship in genetics at the University of Cambridge, founded in 1912. It is thought to...
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Proclaimed on 16 February 1898, it was renamed Balfour on 15 February 1905, after Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1902–1905, who...
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his brother, former prime minister Arthur Balfour, in 1930. Balfour was the fourth son of James Maitland Balfour, of Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire,...
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Roderick Arthur Francis Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 9 December 1948), is a British peer and businessman. Balfour was born on 9 December 1948 in...
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Chelwood and Lord Quickswood were his younger brothers, and Prime Minister Arthur Balfour his first cousin. He was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford...
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Minister H. H. Asquith and Arthur Balfour. This was evidence of his seniority and importance within the Conservative Party. Balfour had become increasingly...
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decision two days later. In the meantime, Chamberlain consulted with Arthur Balfour over the possibility of concerted action with the Conservatives and...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG, CVO (10 July 1840 – 15 April 1925) was a British Army officer, courtier, and Conservative Party political...
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export bounties and decide on penalties. The Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour had threatened countervailing duties and subsidies of West Indian sugar...
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Bob's your uncle (category Arthur Balfour)
Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ("Bob") appointed his nephew Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887, an act of nepotism, which was...
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Baron Riverdale (redirect from Robert Arthur Balfour, 2nd Baron Riverdale)
the Sheffield steel manufacturer Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baronet, Chairman of Arthur Balfour & Co Ltd. Balfour had already been created a baronet, of...
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1906 United Kingdom general election (category Arthur Balfour)
by Arthur Balfour, who had been in government until the month before the election, lost more than half their seats, including party leader Balfour's own...
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1880s, although did not become the official title until 1905, when Arthur Balfour was prime minister. Modern historians generally consider Robert Walpole...
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Unionist government, 1895–1905 (redirect from Balfour Ministry)
leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Leader of the House of Commons, but various major posts went...
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of Augustów Voivodeship during the January Uprising Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), earl of Balfour, British politician, and prime minister under Edward...
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The Souls (category Arthur Balfour)
they married other members. Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1902–1905 Edith Sophy Balfour (1865–1948), who was Alfred...
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compete for the leadership of the Conservative Party (in succession to Arthur Balfour), but both withdrew in favour of Bonar Law rather than risk a party...
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of leading members of the party including former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour. Balfour advised the monarch that in a democratic age it was inappropriate...
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personally close to Lord Salisbury (apart from the Salisbury's nephew, Arthur Balfour), Smith was dubbed "Old Morality" because of his austere manner and...
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William St John Brodrick Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour Appointed by King Edward VII (1901–1910) Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound...
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December 1910 United Kingdom general election (category Arthur Balfour)
voted to curtail their own powers). The Conservative Party, led by Arthur Balfour with their Liberal Unionist allies, and the Liberal Party, led by Prime...
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was a British Conservative politician. He held political office under Arthur Balfour as Under-Secretary of State for India and Under-Secretary of State for...
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Addington – became the 1st Viscount Sidmouth in 1805 Arthur Balfour – became the 1st Earl of Balfour in 1922 H. H. Asquith – became the 1st Earl of Oxford...
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Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale, GBE, JP (9 January 1873 – 7 July 1957), known as Sir Arthur Balfour (1923 -1929) and Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baronet...
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