• John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (after 1606 – died 1696/97) was a Scottish nobleman. He was educated in France; and has been traditionally and...
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    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...
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  • John Balfour may refer to: John Balfour (courtier), servant of Mary, Queen of Scots John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (died 1688), Scottish lord...
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  • signed the Balfour Declaration Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853–1945), British Conservative politician Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902–1968)...
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  • Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (died 18 August 1663) was a Scottish military commander. Balfour was son of Sir Robert Arnot of Fernie, chamberlain...
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    succeeds Lord Balfour of Burleigh as Secretary for Scotland. March 1905 – Walter Hume Long succeeds George Wyndham as Irish Secretary. Gerald Balfour succeeds...
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  • Civil War general Earl of Balfour Balfour baronets Lord Balfour of Burleigh Baron Balfour of Glenawley Baron Kinross William Balfour Baikie This page lists...
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  • Acts of Union 1707. Balfour was the third son of John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh, and Isabel Balfour, daughter of Sir William Balfour of Pitcullo...
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    Fife. John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh, was married in 1649 to Isabella, daughter of Sir William Balfour the Lieutenant of the Tower of London...
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    brother of Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh. It refers to the barony of Clanawley (Scoticised to Glenawley). Balfour was the second son of judge...
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  • wife Margaret Balfour, daughter to John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh. He took his seat as a commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland from 1703...
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  • Margaret Balfour, daughter and heiress of James Balfour of Burleigh Castle. His elder brother, Michael, was created Lord Balfour of Burleigh in 1609....
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  • son of Army officer Arthur Balfour, the great-grandson of the 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh by his second son, Lt. Col. John Balfour. Lt. Col. John Balfour...
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  • eldest son of Sir Robert Douglas of Kirkness by Jean, daughter of John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh, widow of George Oliphant of Gask, Perth...
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    raised by the Covenanter-dominated Parliament of Scotland under Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh. The battlefield was assessed to be inventoried...
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    (1830), Volume III (1831) Lord Macaulay's essay "Burleigh and His Times" Edinburgh Review, April 1832, at Online Library of Liberty William Cecil (1521–98)...
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    Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1903: Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin 1905: John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow 1905: John Sinclair, 1st...
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    Carlton Club (category History of the City of Westminster)
    Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian) Stanley Baldwin Arthur Balfour Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead William...
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    6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1921 Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton 1933 William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor 1965...
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    required) "Person Page". James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland:...
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    into housing. The lands of Burleigh were held by the Balfours from 1456, when they were granted by James II to John Balfour of Balgarvie, and a tower house...
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  • married three times: (July 1625) Anna Balfour (d. 1649), daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh; they had one daughter who survived to...
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    Joseph Chamberlain (category Chancellors of the University of Birmingham)
    not serious. He then forced the resignations of Ritchie and Lord Balfour of Burleigh. The next day, Lord George Hamilton resigned, as did Devonshire.[citation...
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    Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 1900–1922 Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1922–1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde 1928 Richard...
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    became Prime Minister in 1902, but the following year he succeeded Lord Balfour of Burleigh as Secretary for Scotland, with a seat in the cabinet. In 1900...
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  • 1900 in Scotland (category Years of the 19th century in Scotland)
    Keeper of the Great Seal – Lord Balfour of Burleigh Lord Advocate – Andrew Murray Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Dickson Lord President of the...
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    Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh (category Parliament of Scotland)
    5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh Deacon Brodie James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton John Fian James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home...
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    premiership of Arthur Balfour).[citation needed] In 1903 he entered Balfour's cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture and was sworn of the Privy...
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    married the Hon. Mary Bruce, OBE, eldest daughter of Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh. The couple had the following children:[citation needed]...
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    Richard Burbage, English actor (b. c. 1567) March 15 Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Scottish nobleman Orsolya Dersffy, Hungarian noble (b....
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