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The Balfour Declaration of 1926, issued by the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named after Arthur Balfour, who was Lord President of the Council. [1] It declared the United Kingdom and the Dominions to be:
It was held in London from 19 October to 23 November 1926. [1] The conference was notable for producing the Balfour Declaration, which established the principle that the dominions are all equal in status, and "autonomous communities within the British Empire" not subordinate to the United Kingdom. [1]
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population.
The Balfour Declaration was announced to the public at the Imperial Conference in London. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland would become self-governing dominions. [17] The Irish Free State declared a national state of emergency due to Republican Army raids around the country. [24]
Gollin, Alfred M. Balfour's burden: Arthur Balfour and imperial preference(1965). Green, E.H.H. The Crisis of Conservatism: the politics, economics and ideology of the British Conservative Party, 1880–1914 (Routledge, 1995) Halévy, Élie (1926) Imperialism And The Rise Of Labour (1926) online
The Balfour Declaration was a 1917 letter which stated the British government's support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Balfour Declaration may also refer to: Balfour Declaration (1926), which granted autonomy to the Dominions of the British Empire
The conference of 1926 agreed to the Balfour Declaration, which acknowledged that the dominions would henceforth rank as equals to the United Kingdom, as members of the 'British Commonwealth of Nations'.