Balfour

Balfour

Balfour is a Scottish family name as well as a place name.

People

* Arthur Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905, 1st Earl of Balfour and author of the Balfour Declaration.
* Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853-1945), Arthur's brother and also a Conservative politician.
* Francis Maitland (F.M.) Balfour (1851-1882), biologist; Arthur Balfour's younger brother
* Edward Balfour, Scottish Surgeon and orientalist in India
* Grant Balfour, a baseball player.
* Henry Balfour Gardiner, British composer.
* One of several people named James Balfour.
* Eric Balfour, an American actor.
* Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853 - 1922) a Scottish botanist.
* Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1897-1988), World War I fighter ace and Conservative politician.
* John Hutton Balfour, Scottish botanist
* John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, British politician
* John Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, British historian
* The Balfour Baronets
* The Lords Balfour of Burleigh
* The Barons Balfour of Glenawley

Court cases

* Balfour v. Balfour, important English contract law case.

Places

United States

* Balfour, North Dakota
* Balfour, North Carolina

outh Africa

* Balfour, Mpumalanga

New Zealand

* Balfour, New Zealand

cotland

* Balfour, Aberdeenshire
* Balfour, Orkney
* Balfour, Fife

Canada

* Balfour, British Columbia (aka Balfour Bay)
* Rayside-Balfour, Ontario

ee also

*Balfour Declaration


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  • Balfour — ist der Name folgender Personen: Arthur Balfour, 1. Earl of Balfour (1848–1930), britischer Politiker und Premierminister Betty Balfour (1903–1977), britische Schauspielerin Eric Balfour (* 1977), US amerikanischer Schauspieler Eve Balfour… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Balfour — Balfour, NC U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina Population (2000): 1200 Housing Units (2000): 527 Land area (2000): 1.839553 sq. miles (4.764419 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Balfour — Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, Declaración de * * * (as used in expressions) Balfour (de Whittingehame), Arthur James, 1 conde Balfour, Declaración Stevenson, Robert Louis (Balfour) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • BALFOUR (A. J.) — BALFOUR ARTHUR JAMES comte de (1848 1930) Homme d’État britannique, Arthur James Balfour est né dans une famille de la gentry, petit fils d’un marquis de Salisbury; esprit brillant, d’abord attiré par les lettres et la philosophie, il fut… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Balfour —   [ bælfə], Arthur James, Earl of Balfour (seit 1922), britischer Politiker, * Whittingehame (Lothian Region) 25. 7. 1848, ✝ Woking (County Surrey) 19. 3. 1930; Neffe des 3. Marquess of Salisbury; gehörte 1874 bis 1922 dem Unterhaus, 1922 30 dem… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • BALFOUR (F. M.) — BALFOUR FRANCIS MAITLAND (1851 1882) Embryologiste anglais qui, après des études au Trinity College de Cambridge, entre en 1872 dans le laboratoire du physiologiste Foster, puis va travailler sur l’embryologie des élasmobranches à la Stazione… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Balfour, NC — U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina Population (2000): 1200 Housing Units (2000): 527 Land area (2000): 1.839553 sq. miles (4.764419 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.839553 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Balfour, ND — U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 20 Housing Units (2000): 21 Land area (2000): 0.485794 sq. miles (1.258201 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.485794 sq. miles (1.258201 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Balfour — (Arthur James, 1er comte) (1848 1930) homme politique brit. Premier ministre conservateur (1902 1906), ministre des Affaires étrangères (1917 1919), il promit aux Juifs, dans la déclaration Balfour (1917), un foyer national en Palestine …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Balfour — [bal′foor΄] Arthur James 1st Earl of Balfour 1848 1930; Brit. statesman & philosopher: prime minister (1902 05) …   English World dictionary

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