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	thePeerage.com - Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh and others
		Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh was the son of Robert Balfour, 4th Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Margaret Melville.
		Margaret Balfour was the daughter of Robert Balfour, 4th Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Margaret Melville.
		She was the daughter of Robert Balfour, 4th Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Margaret Melville.
	www.thepeerage.com /p6727.htm (769 words)

	Arthur James Balfour - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR (1848-), British statesman, eldest son of James Maitland Balfour of Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire, and of Lady Blanche Gascoyne Cecil, a sister of the third marquess of Salisbury, was born on the 25th of July 1848.
		During the illness of Lord Salisbury in 1898, and again in Lord Salisbury's absence abroad, he was in charge of the foreign office, and it fell to his lot to conduct the very critical negotiations with Russia on the question of railways in North China.
		Lord Londonderry now became president of the council, Lord Lansdowne leader of the House of Lords, and Lord Salisbury, son of the late premier, who as Lord Cranborne had for three years been under-secretary for foreign affairs, was included in the cabinet as lord privy seal.
	99.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BALFOUR_ARTHUR_JAMES.htm (3650 words)

	Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, KT, GCMG (January 13, 1849) - (July 6, 1921) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician and statesman.
		In 1876, Balfour married Lady Katherine Eliza Gordon, youngest daughter of the fifth Earl of Aberdeen, and was that same year elected a Scottish representative peer.
		Lord Balfour of Burleigh was Rector of Edinburgh University from 1896 to 1899, and was elected Chancellor of St Andrews University in 1900, a post he held until his death in London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Hugh_Bruce,_6th_Lord_Balfour_of_Burleigh (398 words)

	Alexander Hugh Bruce Balfour Of Burleigh - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"ALEXANDER HUGH BRUCE, BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH Loth (or 6TH) Baron (1849-1921), British politician, was born at Kennet, Alloa, Jan. 13 1849, the son of Robert Bruce of Kennet.
		He was educated at Loretto, Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1869 was restored by Act of Parliament to the barony of Balfour of Burleigh, to which he was entitled by his descent from the 5th baron, who was attainted after the Jacobite rebellion of 1715.
		degrees from all the Scottish universities, was from 1896 to 1899 lord rector of Edinburgh University and from 1900 chancellor of St. Andrews University.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alexander_Hugh_Bruce_Balfour_Of_Burleigh (263 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Arthur Balfour
		Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848 - 1930), British statesman, eldest son of James Maitland Balfour[?] of Whittingehame[?], Haddingtonshire[?], and of Lady Blanche Gascoyne Cecil[?], a sister of the third marquess of Salisbury, was born on the 25th of July 1848.
		The downfall of Mr Balfour's administration, and the necessity of reorganizing the unionist forces on the basis of the common platform now adopted, naturally represented a fresh departure under his leadership, the conditions of which to some extent depended on the opportunities given to the new opposition by the proceedings of the Radical government.
		Balfour's service as Foreign Secretary was most notable for the issuance of the so-called Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild[?] promising the Jews a national homeland in Palestine.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ar/Arthur_Balfour (4289 words)

	Arthur Balfour - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Balfour eventually resigned in December of 1905, and the Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Liberals at the general election, Balfour himself losing his seat (he quickly found another seat).
		Balfour's poodle." The issue was eventually forced by the Liberals with Lloyd George's famous People's Budget, provoking the constitutional crisis that eventually led the Parliament Act of 1911, which eliminated the Lord's veto power.
		Lord Cawdor succeeds Lord Selborne at the Admiralty.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Arthur_Balfour (1799 words)

	Balfour
		William, the eldest, was the ancestor of the Balfours of Balfour.
		BALFOUR of BURLEIGH, Lord, an attainted barony in the peerage of Scotland, formerly held by a branch of the Fife family of Balfour.
		BALFOUR, SIR JAMES, of Pittendriech, an eminent lawyer of the sixteenth century, was a son of Sir Michael Balfour of Mountquhanny in the parish of Kilmany, Fife.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/nation/balfour.htm (7782 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Arthur Balfour - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Balfour's poodle." The issue was eventually forced by the Liberals with Lloyd George's so-called People's Budget, provoking the constitutional crisis that eventually led to the Parliament Act of 1911, which replaced the Lords' veto authority with a greatly reduced power to only delay bills for up to two years.
		Balfour's service as Foreign Secretary was most notable for the issuance of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild promising the Jews a "national home" in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire.
		Balfour was again not initially included in Stanley Baldwin's second government in 1924, but in 1925 he once again returned to the Cabinet, serving in place of the late Lord Curzon as Lord President of the Council until the government ended in 1929.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Arthur_Balfour (2815 words)

	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
		Lord Robert Cecil was the second son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury.
		Lord Randolph Churchill[?] - Chancellor of the Exchequer
		Balfour's successor as Irish Secretary is not in the cabinet.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lo/Lord_Salisbury.html (1106 words)

	Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The eldest son of James Maitland Balfour of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland, and of Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil, Arthur Balfour was born at Whittingehame.
		Balfour's poodle." The issue was eventually forced by the Liberals with Lloyd George's so-called People's Budget, provoking the constitutional crisis that eventually led to the Parliament Act of 1911, which at last opened the door to Irish Home Rule by replacing the Lords' veto with a power to delay bills for two years.
		Balfour's service as Foreign Secretary was most notable for the issuance of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild promising the Jews a "national home" in Palestine.
	en.pediax.org /Arthur_Balfour (2286 words)

	Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh - TheBestLinks.com - Liberal Party (UK), Cornwall, House of Lords, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1868, four years after his death, Robert Bruce's claim to the peerage was recognised by the House of Lords, and so his son became sixth Lord Balfour of Burleigh on the reversal of the title's attainder by Act of Parliament in 1869.
		In 1876, Balfour married Lady Katherine Eliza Gordon, youngest daughter of the fifth Earl of Aberdeen, and was that same year elected a Scottish representative peer.
		Lord Balfour of Burleigh was Rector of Edinburgh University from 1896 to 1899, and was elected Chancellor of St Andrews University in 1900, a post he held until his death in London.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Alexander_Hugh_Bruce__2C___6th_Lord_Balfour_of_Burleigh.html (395 words)

	Lord Balfour of Burleigh
		Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in the County of Kinross, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
		The fifth Lord was attainted in 1715 for his role in the Jacobite rebellion of that year.
		Another member of the Balfour family was James Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Glenawley (in the Peerage of Ireland).
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/Lord_Balfour_of_Burleigh (207 words)

	Burleigh on a small group tour of Scotland
		The most famous owner was Lord Balfour of Burleigh, ambassador of James VI to the Duke of Tuscany and the Duke of Lorraine.
		A Lord Burleigh, it seems, had obtained in marriage a lady less enamoured than provident.
		Her applications for an ample settlement becoming somewhat teasing, his lordship, in rather an angry mood, desired her to attend him early next day, when he would take her to a field not half a mile distant from the castle, and there settle upon her all the lands within her view.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /burleigh-castle.htm (325 words)

	Arthur Balfour - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On Lord Salisbury's resignation on 11 July, 1902, Balfour succeeded him as prime minister, with the approval of all sections of the unionist party.
		Balfour's brother Gerald, who had entered public life as his private secretary when at the Local Government Board, and had been chief secretary for Ireland from 1895—1900, retained his position (since 1900) as president of the Board of Trade.
		On i October, Balfour spoke at Sheffield, reiterating his views on free trade and retaliation, insisting that he "intended to lead," and declaring that he was prepared at all events to reverse the traditional fiscal policy by doing away with the axiom that import duties should only be levied for revenue purposes.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Arthur_Balfour (4048 words)

	Frank Morgan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lady Balfour of Burleigh always knew she was a Montréaler by birth but could never prove it.
		Lady Balfour (maiden name Janet Morgan) knew she was born at Royal Victoria Hospital in December 1945, the daughter of an English scientist working on a top-secret atomic research project in Canada - but her birth certificate had been lost, leaving her without any proof of her Canadian origins.
		The story of how a Lady Balfour came to be born in Montréal began in 1943, when her father, Frank Morgan, moved to Montreal to take part in the race to build the first atomic bomb.
	www.cns-snc.ca /history/pioneers/f_morgan/fmorgan.html (590 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Arthur Balfour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July 1848–19 March 1930) was a British statesman and the thirty-third Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
		Balfour's service as Foreign Secretary was most notable for the issuance of the so-called Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild promising the Jews a "national home" in Palestine.
		Lord Balfour's estate was probated 76,433 pounds sterling on August 27, 1930.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Arthur_Balfour (1927 words)

	MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Balfour Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir Michael Balfour was Comptroller of the Household to Charles I and fought for the king’s cause during the civil war.
		Another branch of the family, the Balfours of Burleigh, were raised to the peerage with the title of ‘Lord Balfour of Burleigh’, in 1606.
		Alexander, sixth Lord Balfour of Burleigh, was a Knight of the Thistle and Secretary of State for Scotland from 1895 to 1903.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Balfour_152/default.php (844 words)

	Kinross-shire, Scotland - Milnathort, Burleigh Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burleigh Castle was built in the 15th Century; all that remains is an old four storey tower joined by a curtain wall to a smaller round tower which was the gate-house, added in 1582.
		The Balfour family, Barons of Burleigh, who held positions in the royal household for many years, owned the surrounding lands from 1456, but they were forfeited to the Crown in 1571 by Balfour of Pittendreich, and again after the Jacobite Rebellion in 1715.
		While still the young Master of Burleigh, he was sent abroad by his parents to forget a love affair with a local maiden; on his return he found her married to the schoolmaster of Inverkeithing whom he killed in a fit of jealousy.
	www.kinross.cc /milnathort/burleigh.htm (343 words)

	Significant Scots - Sir James Balfour
		This peerage was attainted in consequence of the concern of its occupant in the civil war of 1715.] of the ancient and honourable house of Balfour of Balfour in Fife.
		Balfour also appears, at an early period of his life, to have cultivated the society of William Drummond of Hawthornden, then by far the highest poetical name in Scotland.
		Sir James Balfour, inspired with the common spirit of these men, commenced the writing of history, with as much zeal as could be expected in an age, when, the printing of a written work being a comparatively rare occurrence, literature might be said to want the greater part of its temptations.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/balfour_james1.htm (3231 words)

	© The Impact of War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As Lord Balfour of Burleigh later recalled, ‘I think really what happened was that the War gave a very good excuse to a large number of excellent people, who had up to that time been on the wrong side, to change their minds.’ The most important of the retreats was Asquith's.
		Balfour of Burleigh proposed that the referendum of the women be taken first, and then when its result was known, the men should be polled, a majority of the male electors being conclusive.
		Balfour of Burleigh eventually withdrew his motion in favour of the proposal of Lord Halifax for a referendum only of the women, but the illogicality for Antis of such an appeal was pointed out by Courtney.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~jfec/cal/suffrage/document/sepshera.htm (8160 words)

	The Merchant Company \| The City of Edinburgh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lord Erskine of Rerrick, G.B.E., K.St.J., D.L., LL.D. Oct
		The Lord Maclean of Duart and Morvern, K.T., G.C.V.O., K.B.E., P.C. Jun
		The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, K.T., D.L., F.R.S.E. Oct
	www.edinburghmerchantcompany.org /webpages/companytoday_honorary.htm (250 words)

	The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai / Madras Miscellany : The player from Pallavaram
		Lord Balfour also recalled that the success of English Electric was due to a livewire who joined the company after a stint with the Birla Group.
		Lord Balfour, the 8th Baron after the title was revived in 1868, was, however, just plain Robert Bruce during the time he was in Pallavaram, as his father was still alive at the time.
		With Lord Balfour in Madras was his wife, a slip of a thing belying a heavyweight record.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2006/02/13/stories/2006021300020500.htm (770 words)

	Wikipedia: List of Barons in order of precedence
		This is a list of Barons (Lords of Parliament for Scottish peers) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
		The Baron Lucas of Crudwell and The Lord Dingwall (known as Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall) (1663)
		The Lord Napier and The Baron Ettrick (1627, known as Lord Napier and Ettrick)
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/l/li/list_of_barons_in_order_of_precedence.html (171 words)

	Government Army at Kilsyth 1645 - ScotWars
		They were commanded by Sir Thomas Morton of Cambo, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, and Sir John Brown of Fordell.
		The first had been raised in February 1645 as part of the response to the rebel victory at Inverlochy and Brown's Regiment may have been raised at the same time.
		Balfour of Burleigh's Regiment had of course been raised in 1644 but had seen no action since its mauling at Tippermuir.
	www.scotwars.com /html/narra_govt_army_kilsyth.htm (313 words)

	Arthur Balfour
		Impressive in matter rather than in delivery, and seldom rising to the level of eloquence in the sense in which that quality was understood in a House which had listened to Bright and Gladstone, his speeches were logical and convincing, and delighted a wider audience.
		On the death of W. Smith in 1891, he became first lord of the treasury and leader of the House of Commons, and in 1892, introduced a Local Government Bill for Ireland.
		The downfall of Balfour's administration, and the necessity of reorganizing the unionist forces on the basis of the common platform, naturally represented a fresh departure under his leadership, the conditions of which to some extent depended on the opportunities given to the new opposition by the proceedings of the Radical government.
	www.world-war-1.info /figures/arthur-balfour.php (3721 words)

	Arthur Balfour - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The new prime minister came into power practically at the same moment as the coronation of 's remission of the shilling import-duty on corn led to Chamberlain's crusade in favor of tariff reform and colonial preference, and as the session preceded the rift grew in the unionist ranks.
		Balfour's service as Foreign_Secretary was most notable for the issuance of the so-called Balfour_Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild promising the Jews a national homeland in Palestine.
		Balfour resigned as foreign secretary following the Versailles Conference in 1919, but continued on in the government (and now, the cabinet) as Lord_President_of_the_Council until 1922, when he, along with most of the Conservative leadership, resigned with Lloyd George's government following the Conservative back-bencher revolt that put Law into office.
	www.erdmond.com /Arthur_Balfour.html (1544 words)

	Nisbet Balfour of Dunbog
		Nisbet Balfour was born on 20 January (OS) 1744, at Dunbog in Fife (then sometimes spelled 'Denboig'), the third son of Henry Balfour of Dunbog (1708-64) and his wife Katherine Porterfield (1721-before 1791).
		Nisbet's grandfather, Major Henry Balfour of Dunbog, formerly of the Scots Greys, was the third son of John, third Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
		Balfour younger of Dunbog Commonly Calld Captain had a son was begotten in fornication with Ann Henderson called Henry.
	www.silverwhistle.co.uk /lobsters/balfour.html (754 words)

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