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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (/ ˈ b æ l f ər,-f ɔːr /; [1] 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.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Balfour Declaration The original letter from Balfour to Rothschild; the declaration reads: His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being ...
Lord Bradford was also Private Secretary to both Prime Minister Lord Salisbury and to Prime Minister Arthur Balfour and held office as a Government Whip in the House of Lords from 1919 to 1924. The present holder of the titles is his grandson, the seventh Earl, who succeeded in 1981.
Balfour ministry (1902–1905) Campbell-Bannerman ministry (from 1905) House of Commons; Members: 670: Speaker: William Court Gully (until 1905) James Lowther (from 1905) Leader: Arthur Balfour (until 1905) Henry Campbell-Bannerman (from 1905) Prime Minister: Marquess of Salisbury (until 1902) Arthur Balfour (1902-1905) Henry Campbell-Bannerman ...
Arthur Winterbotham: Liberal Clackmannan and Kinrossshire: John Balfour: Liberal Clapham: Percy Thornton: Conservative Clare East: Willie Redmond: Irish National League Clare West: James Rochfort Maguire: Irish National League: Cleveland: Henry Fell Pease: Liberal Clitheroe: Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt: Liberal Cockermouth: Sir Wilfrid ...
A Trinity College spokesman said: “Trinity College regrets the damage caused to a portrait of Arthur James Balfour during public opening hours. “The police have been informed. Support is ...
Portrait of Arthur Balfour is a 1908 portrait painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent of the British politician and former prime minister Arthur Balfour. [1] Balfour has succeeded his uncle Lord Salisbury as premier, his close connection to him earlier reportedly giving rise to the phrase "Bob's your uncle". [2]
A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties took power in the United Kingdom shortly before the 1895 general election.Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Leader of the House of Commons, but various major posts went to the Liberal Unionists, most notably the Leader of the House of Lords, the Liberal Unionist ...