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The King, therefore, persuaded or obliged Balfour to resign his post in December 1641. The accounts given of the causes of this resignation differ considerably. [9] When the parliament raised an army Sir William was appointed lieutenant-general of the horse, under the nominal command of the Earl of Bedford.
William Douglas Balfour (August 2, 1851 – August 19, 1896) [1] was a speaker for the Legislature of Ontario in 1895–1896 and served as Liberal MLA for Essex South from 1882 to 1896. He was born in Forfar , Scotland in 1851, the son of David Balfour and Janet Douglas, and came to St. Catharines , Canada West , with his family in 1857.
William Balfour may refer to: William Balfour (politician) (1851–1896), Canadian politician; William Balfour (lieutenant-colonel) (1785–1838), officer in the British Army; Sir William Balfour (general) (c. 1578–1660), Scottish general of the parliamentary forces during the English Civil War; William Balfour, who murdered three members of ...
William Balfour (1785–1838), was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army. Balfour was a boy-ensign in the 40th Foot at the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland , and won the approval of Sir John Moore .
Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, PC (9 April 1853 – 14 January 1945), known as Gerald Balfour or The Rt Hon. G. W. Balfour until 1930, was a senior British Conservative politician who became a peer on the death of his brother, former prime minister Arthur Balfour, in 1930.
William Balfour Ker was born in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada on July 25, 1877. [3] [a] He had Scottish ancestry. [3]His mother, Lily Florence Bell Ker, was first cousin of the inventor Alexander Graham Bell, [5] and his father, William Ker, was a Scottish businessman and banker.
Nisbet Balfour (1743—1823), British Army major general; Philip Balfour (1898–1977), British Army lieutenant general; Robert Balfour, 6th of Balbirnie (1772–1837), British Army lieutenant general; Thomas Graham Balfour (1813–1891), British Army surgeon general; William Balfour (general) (c. 1578–1660), Scottish-born English Civil War ...
William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany 1 January 1975 – 1980 [3] Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet 28 February 1980 – 1987; Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin 11 December 1987 – 1999; Margaret Dean 13 September 1999 – 2015; Robert William Balfour 22 January 2015– present [4]