Arthur Balfour

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The Earl o Balfour

Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick
In office
11 Julie 1902 – 5 December 1905
MonarchEdward VII
Precedit biThe 3rd Marquess o Salisbury
Succeedit biSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Laird Preses o the Cooncil
In office
27 Aprile 1925 – 4 Juin 1929
Prime MeenisterStanley Baldwin
Precedit biThe Marquess Curzon o Kedleston
Succeedit biThe Laird Parmoor
In office
23 October 1919 – 19 October 1922
Prime MeenisterDavid Lloyd George
Precedit biThe Earl Curzon o Kedleston
Succeedit biThe 4t Marquess o Salisbury
Foreign Secretar
In office
10 December 1916 – 23 October 1919
Prime MeenisterDavid Lloyd George
Precedit biThe Viscoont Grey o Fallodon
Succeedit biThe Earl Curzon o Kedleston
First Laird o the Admiralty
In office
25 Mey 1915 – 10 December 1916
Prime MeenisterH. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Precedit biWinston Churchill
Succeedit biSir Edward Carson
Leader o the Opposeetion
In office
27 Februar 1906 – 13 November 1911
MonarchEdward VII
George V
Prime MeenisterSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Succeedit biAndrew Bonar Law
In office
5 December 1905 – 8 Februar 1906
MonarchEdward VII
Prime MeenisterSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Precedit biSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Laird Privy Seal
In office
11 Julie 1902 – 17 October 1903
Precedit biThe 3rd Marquess o Salisbury
Succeedit biThe 4t Marquess o Salisbury
Leader o the Conservative Pairty
In office
11 Julie 1902 – 13 November 1911
Precedit biThe 3rd Marquess o Salisbury
Succeedit biAndrew Bonar Law
Chief Secretar for Ireland
In office
7 Mairch 1887 – 9 November 1891
Prime MeenisterThe 3rd Marquess o Salisbury
Precedit biSir Michael Hicks Beach
Succeedit biWilliam Jackson
Secretar for Scotland
In office
5 August 1886 – 11 Mairch 1887
Prime MeenisterThe 3rd Marquess o Salisbury
Precedit biThe Earl o Dalhousie
Succeedit biThe Marquess o Lowden
Personal details
BornArthur James Balfour
25 Julie 1848(1848-07-25)
Whittingehame House, East Lowden, Scotland
Dee'd19 Mairch 1930(1930-03-19) (aged 81)
Fishers Hill Hoose, Woking, Surrey, Ingland
Restin placeWhittingehame Kirk, Whittingehame
CeetizenshipBreetish
NaitionalityScots
Poleetical pairtyConservative
Spoose(s)None
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
ThriftPoliteecian
Statesman
ReligionKirk o Ingland an
Kirk o Scotland
SignaturCursive signatur in ink

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl o Balfour KG OM PC DL (UK /ˈbælfə/;[1] 25 Julie 1848 – 19 Mairch 1930) wis a Breetish Conservative politeecian who wis the Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick frae Julie 1902 tae December 1905, an later Foreign Secretar.

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  1. [1] Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Oxford Dictionaries Online