Clan Balfour

The list Clan Balfour includes Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Balfour, Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh and John Balfour (diplomat). The list consists of 50 members and 2 sublists.

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Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale

British steel manufacturer (1873–1957)

Overview: Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale GCB (9 January 1873 – 7 July 1957), known as Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baronet, from 1929 to 1935, was a British steel manufacturer.

Date of birth: 1873

Date of death: 1957

Age: 83 (age at death)

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Master Cutlers 20T

People educated at Ashville College 19T

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 379T
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Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)

Overview: Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for writing Treasure Island, Strange Case of ...

Date of birth: 13 November 1850

Date of death: 3 December 1894

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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19th-century British short story writers 74T

Writers of Gothic fiction 106T

19th-century Scottish novelists 36T
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William Balfour

British, Military

Overview: Sir William Balfour of Pitcullo (c.– buried 28 July 1660) was a Scottish-born professional soldier who served in the Thirty Years War and with Parliamentarian forces during the War of the Three Kingdoms ...

Date of birth: 1578

Date of death: 1660

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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17th-century Dutch military personnel 60T

Lieutenants of the Tower of London 38T

17th-century Presbyterians 6T
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Thomas Graham Balfour

British Army general

Overview: Thomas Graham Balfour (18 March 1813 – 17 January 1891) was a Scottish physician noted for his work with medical statistics, and a member of Florence Nightingale's inner circle.

Date of birth: 18 March 1813

Date of death: 17 January 1891

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Doctor

Gender: Male

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19th-century British Army personnel 58T

19th-century British military personnel 42T

19th-century Scottish medical doctors 379T
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Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye

British politician

Overview: Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye MC & Bar (1 November 1897 – 21 September 1988) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and First World War flying ace. As ...

Date of birth: 1897

Date of death: 21 September 1988

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 90T

Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 138T

Ministers in the Chamberlain wartime government, 1939–1940 81T
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Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

British politician

Overview: Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC, JP, DL (13 January 1849 – 6 July 1921) was a Scottish Unionist politician, banker and statesman, who took ...

Date of birth: 13 January 1849

Date of death: 6 July 1921

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Historian

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Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Trade 47T

Reformation historians 73T

People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh 95T
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James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich

Scottish legal writer, judge and politician (died 1583)

Overview: James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich (c. 1525–1583) was a Scottish legal writer, judge and politician.

Date of birth: 1525

Date of death: 1584

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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16th-century male writers 845T

Extraordinary Lords of Session 47T

16th-century Scottish politicians 12T
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Elizabeth Balfour, Countess of Balfour

British suffragette and politician

Overview: Elizabeth Edith Balfour, Countess of Balfour (née Lady Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton; 12 June 1867 – 28 March 1942), known as Betty Balfour, was a British suffragette, politician, and writer. A staunch Cons ...

Date of death: 28 March 1942

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British women editors 35T

20th-century English women writers 772T

English women non-fiction writers 439T
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Archibald Balfour

English cricketer

Overview: Archibald Balfour (16 July 1840 – 29 October 1922) was an English first-class cricketer.

Date of birth: 16 July 1840

Date of death: 29 October 1922

Age: 82 (age at death)

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Allison Balfour

Scottish witch

Overview: The 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour or Margaret Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases. Balfour lived in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in the area of Stenness ...

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Katherine Ellice

Overview: Katherine Jane "Janie" Ellice (née Balfour; 1813 – 13 April 1864) was a British diarist and artist. She is most remembered for her chronicle and watercolours of a trip to Canada, in 1838, where she and ...

Date of birth: 1813

Date of death: 13 April 1864

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

Overview: Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (buried 20 March 1757) was a Jacobite from the Burleigh family of the county of Kinross, remembered chiefly for a crime of passion that brought devastation ...

Date of death: 1757

Nationality: Scottish

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Escapees from Scottish detention 1T

Lords of Parliament 95T

Year of birth missing 11,452T
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George Balfour (Liberal MP)

British Army officer and Liberal politician

Overview: General Sir George Balfour KCB (1809 – 12 March 1894) was British Army officer and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1872 to 1892.

Date of birth: 1809

Date of death: 12 March 1894

Age: 84 (age at death)

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UK MPs 1880–85 747T

UK MPs 1885–86 674T

UK MPs 1868–74 786T
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John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh

Overview: 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 erroneously styled Covenanter John Balfour, the ...

Date of birth: 1606

Date of death: 1688

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) 156T

17th-century births 369T

1688 deaths 236T
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John Balfour (MP)

British politician

Overview: John Balfour (6 November 1750 – 15 October 1842) was a Scottish politician and a civil servant in the East India Company with connections to the Orcadian island of Shapinsay.

Date of birth: 6 November 1750

Date of death: 15 October 1842

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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John Balfour (diplomat)

British diplomat

Overview: John Balfour (1894–1983) GCMG, GBE was a British diplomat.

Date of birth: 1894

Date of death: 1983

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Diplomat

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Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain 47T

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 379T

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George 771T
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Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie

Overview: Robert Balfour of Balbirnie (1698–1766), from Fife, Scotland, was Member of Parliament for Midlothian (also known as Edinburghshire) from 1751 to 1754.

Date of birth: 1698

Date of death: 1767

Age: 68 (age at death)

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Robert Balfour, 6th of Balbirnie

British Army general

Overview: Lieutenant-General Robert Balfour of Balbirnie (3 May 1772 – 31 October 1837) was a son of John Balfour of Balbirnie and Mary Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Ellon.

Date of birth: 3 May 1772

Date of death: 31 October 1837

Age: 65 (age at death)

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2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers 55T

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry officers 18T

1762 births 580T
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James Balfour (Commander-in-chief of Bombay)

British Army general

Overview: General James Balfour (3 November 1743 – 18 March 1823) was a son of Robert Balfour of Balbirnie and Ann Ramsay.

Date of birth: 3 November 1743

Date of death: 18 March 1823

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Military

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Edward Balfour

British surgeon and orientalist

Overview: Edward Green Balfour (6 September 1813 – 8 December 1889) was a Scottish surgeon, orientalist and pioneering environmentalist in India. He founded museums at Madras and Bangalore, a zoological garden in ...

Date of birth: 1813

Date of death: 1889

Age: 75 (age at death)

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People educated at Montrose Academy 3T

British Indologists 72T

1813 births 1,438T