Person Balfour; Arthur James (1848 - 1930); 1st Earl of Balfour Balfour Arthur James 1848 - 1930 British Male Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland 25 July 1848 Fisher's Hill, his brother's house near Woking, Surrey 19/03/1930 19300319 Burial: Whittingehame, East Lothian

4 Carlton Gardens, London (1887)

Statesman Education: Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge Career: MP for Hertford (1874-1885); MP for Manchester East (1885-1906); MP for City of London (1906-1922); Private Secretary to his uncle, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (FRS 1869) (1878-1880); Privy Councillor (1885); President, Local Government Board (1885-1886); Leader of the House of Commons; Prime Minister (1902-1905); Foreign Secretary (1916-1919) Honours: OM 1916; KG 1922; Earl 1922 Eldest son of James Maitland Balfour of Whittingham, East Lothian ,and his wife Blanche, sister of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (FRS 1869); elder brother of Francis Maitland Balfour (FRS 1878); brother-in-law of John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (FRS 1873); unmarried Royal Society roles: VP 1912-1914 Fellow 12/01/1888 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1930 vol 129 pp xv-xxxiii, plate, by Rayleigh Proc Roy Soc Series B 1931 vol 107 pp iv-xxii, plate, by Rayleigh References: R V Jones, 'Alfred Ewing and "Room 40"' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 65-90 Vanity Fair 01 December 1880, 24 September 1887, 30 November 1893 (group), 01 December 1898, 27 January 1910 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 25 Jul 1848 - 19 Mar 1930 NA8114 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 95d53d19-c13d-49bf-9e1b-6ec4e3c8e447