Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG OM PC (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905.
The Earl of Balfour | |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 11 July 1902 – 5 December 1905 | |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
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| Born | 25 July 1848 Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Died | 19 March 1930 (aged 81) Woking, Surrey, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
He was minister of Foreign Affairs from 1916 to 1919. In this capacity he wrote the so-called Balfour Declaration in 1917.
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Lord Balfour's childhood home. East Lothian, Scotland.
Balfour early in his career
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930)
Balfour in 1891, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Balfour and Winston Churchill in 1911
Balfour in Mandatory Palestine with Vera and Chaim Weizmann, Nahum Sokolow and others in 1925
Portrait by Philip de László, 1908
1967 Israel stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
