Earl of Balfour

Earldom of Balfour
Argent, on a Chevron engrailed between three Mullets Sable as many Otter's heads erased of the first.
Creation date	5 May 1922^[1]
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Arthur Balfour
Present holder	Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour
Heir presumptive	Hon. Charles Balfour
Remainder to	Special remainder^[2]
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Traprain
Status	Extant
Seat(s)	Burpham Lodge
Former seat(s)	Whittingehame House^[3]
Motto	VIRTUS AD ÆTHERA TENDIT ("Virtue strives towards heaven")^[1]

Earl of Balfour is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for Conservative politician Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 and Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919.^[1]

The earldom was created with special remainder, failing male issue of his own, to:

his younger brother, the Right Honourable Gerald William Balfour, and the heirs male of his body, failing which to
his nephew Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour and the heirs male of his body, and failing which to
his nephew Oswald Herbert Campbell Balfour and the heirs male of his body.

The latter two were the sons of his deceased youngest brother Colonel Eustace James Anthony Balfour. Balfour was made Viscount Traprain, of Whittingehame in the County of Haddington, at the same time as he was given the earldom. This title is also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was created with similar remainder.^[1]

Balfour never married, and was succeeded according to the special remainders by his younger brother Gerald, the second Earl. He was also a Conservative politician and notably served as Chief Secretary for Ireland, as President of the Board of Trade and as President of the Local Government Board. This line of the family failed on the death of his grandson, the fourth Earl, in 2003. As of 2017^[update] the titles are held by his second cousin once removed, the fifth Earl. He is the grandson of the aforementioned Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, nephew of the first Earl.^[1]

The family seat is Burpham Lodge, near Arundel, Sussex.

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Earl of Balfour (1922)

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930)
Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853–1945)
Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902–1968)
Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925–2003)
Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 1948)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, the Hon.^[a] Charles George Yule Balfour (born 1951).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son, George Eustace Charles Balfour (born 1991).

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Earls of Balfour.

James M. Balfour
1820–1856

Viscount Traprain
Earl of Balfour

Arthur Balfour
1st Earl of Balfour
Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom
1848–1930

Cecil C. Balfour
1849–1881

Francis M. Balfour
1851–1882

Gerald Balfour
2nd Earl of Balfour
1853–1945

Col.
Eustace Balfour
1854–1911

Robert Balfour
3rd Earl of Balfour
1902–1968

Lt. Col.
Francis Balfour
1884–1965

Gerald Balfour
4th Earl of Balfour
1925–2003

Hon.
Andrew M. Balfour
1936–1948

Eustace Balfour
1921–2000

Roderick Balfour
5th Earl of Balfour
born 1948

Hon.^[a]
Charles Balfour
born 1951

George Balfour
born 1991

Line of succession

Line of succession
James Maitland Balfour (1820–1856) Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930) Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853–1945) Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902–1968) Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925–2003) Col. Eustace James Anthony Balfour (1854–1911) Lt. Col. Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour (1884–1965) Eustace Arthur Goschen Balfour (1921–2000) Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 1948) (1) Hon.^[a] Charles George Yule Balfour (born 1951) (2) George Eustace Charles Balfour (born 1991)

James Maitland Balfour (1820–1856)
- Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930)
- Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853–1945)
  - Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902–1968)
    - Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925–2003)
- Col. Eustace James Anthony Balfour (1854–1911)
  - Lt. Col. Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour (1884–1965)
    - Eustace Arthur Goschen Balfour (1921–2000)
      - Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 1948)
      - (1) Hon.^[a] Charles George Yule Balfour (born 1951)
        (2) George Eustace Charles Balfour (born 1991)

Notes and references

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The present holder's brother was allowed by a warrant of precedence from the Queen to use the style of Honourable, because their father would have held the peerage but for his predeceasing the previous holder.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 231–232. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
^ "No. 32691". The London Gazette. 5 May 1922. p. 3512.
^ "Across the Divide: A J Balfour and Keir Hardie in 1905". www.nrscotland.gov.uk. National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "No. 57414". The London Gazette. 20 September 2004. p. 11832.

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Scotland	Sutherland Crawford Mar Erroll Caithness Morton Rothes Buchan Eglinton Moray Mar Home Perth Strathmore and Kinghorne Kellie Haddington Galloway Lauderdale Lindsay Loudoun Kinnoull Elgin Wemyss Dalhousie Airlie Leven Dysart Selkirk Northesk Kincardine Balcarres Newburgh Dundee Annandale and Hartfell Dundonald Kintore Dunmore Melville Orkney March Seafield Stair Rosebery Glasgow
Great Britain	Ferrers Dartmouth Tankerville Aylesford Macclesfield Waldegrave Harrington Portsmouth Brooke Buckinghamshire Guilford Hardwicke Ilchester Warwick De La Warr Radnor Spencer Bathurst Clarendon Mansfield Talbot Mount Edgcumbe Fortescue Mansfield Carnarvon Cadogan Malmesbury
Ireland	Waterford Cork Westmeath Meath Desmond Cavan Orrery Drogheda Granard Darnley Bessborough Carrick Shannon Arran Courtown Mexborough Winterton Kingston Roden Lisburne Clanwilliam Antrim Longford Portarlington Mayo Annesley Enniskillen Erne Lucan Belmore Castle Stewart Caledon Donoughmore Limerick Clancarty Rosse Gosford Normanton Kilmorey Listowel Norbury Ranfurly
United Kingdom	Rosslyn Craven Onslow Romney Chichester Wilton Powis Nelson Grey Lonsdale Harrowby Harewood Minto Cathcart Verulam St Germans Morley Bradford Eldon Howe Stradbroke Temple of Stowe Cawdor Lichfield Durham Granville Effingham Ducie Yarborough Leicester Gainsborough Strafford Cottenham Cowley Winton Dudley Russell Cromartie Kimberley Wharncliffe Cairns Lytton Selborne Iddesleigh Cranbrook Cromer Plymouth Liverpool Midlothian St Aldwyn Beatty Haig Iveagh Balfour Oxford and Asquith Jellicoe Inchcape Peel Strathmore and Kinghorne Baldwin of Bewdley Halifax Gowrie Lloyd-George of Dwyfor Mountbatten of Burma Alexander of Tunis Swinton Attlee Woolton Snowdon Stockton
Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another earldom of higher precedence.

v t e Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
Premiership	1902–1905
General elections	1906 January 1910 December 1910
Constituencies	Hertford Manchester East City of London
Family	James Maitland Balfour (father) Alice Blanche Balfour (sister) Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick (sister) Eustace Balfour (brother) Francis Maitland Balfour (brother) Gerald Balfour (brother) Frances Balfour (sister-in-law) James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (grandfather) Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (uncle)
Career	Entente Cordiale Committee of Imperial Defence Balfour Mission Balfour Declaration Washington Naval Treaty Balfour Declaration of 1926
In popular culture	Clara in Blunderland (book, 1902) Lost in Blunderland (book, 1903) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (TV, 1974) Edward the Seventh (TV, 1975)
See also	February 1906 City of London by-election Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics Balfouria Earl of Balfour Bob's your uncle The Souls Whittingehame

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