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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL (/ ˈ b æ l f ər,-f ɔːr /, 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.
Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour (born July 25, 1848, Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland—died March 19, 1930, Woking, Surrey, England) was a British statesman who maintained a position of power in the British Conservative Party for 50 years.
He is perhaps best known for authoring the ‘Balfour Declaration’ of 1917, when he was serving as Foreign Secretary, which supported the establishment of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine. Biography....
Arthur James, 1st Earl Balfour, (born July 25, 1848, Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scot.—died March 19, 1930, Woking, Surrey, Eng.), British statesman. The nephew of the marquess of Salisbury, Balfour served in Parliament (1874–1911) and in his uncle’s government as secretary for Ireland (1887–91).
Arthur James Balfour was elected to Parliament in 1874 and acted as private secretary to his uncle, Lord Salisbury, leader of the Conservative Party. He was Secretary of State for Scotland, then...
Arthur James Balfour. (1848—1930) prime minister and philosopher. Quick Reference. (b. Whittingehame, East Lothian, 25 July 1848; d. Woking, 19 Mar. 1930)
Arthur James Balfour was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and was later Foreign Secretary. In the latter post, he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on behalf of the British government, which endorsed Zionist aspirations in Palestine.
