Arthur Balfour
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.
The Earl o Balfour | |
|---|---|
 Arthur Balfour, c. 1890 | |
| Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick | |
| In office 11 Julie 1902 – 5 December 1905 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Precedit bi | The 3rd Marquess o Salisbury |
| Succeedit bi | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| Laird Preses o the Cooncil | |
| In office 27 Aprile 1925 – 4 Juin 1929 | |
| Prime Meenister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Precedit bi | The Marquess Curzon o Kedleston |
| Succeedit bi | The Laird Parmoor |
| In office 23 October 1919 – 19 October 1922 | |
| Prime Meenister | David Lloyd George |
| Precedit bi | The Earl Curzon o Kedleston |
| Succeedit bi | The 4t Marquess o Salisbury |
| Foreign Secretar | |
| In office 10 December 1916 – 23 October 1919 | |
| Prime Meenister | David Lloyd George |
| Precedit bi | The Viscoont Grey o Fallodon |
| Succeedit bi | The Earl Curzon o Kedleston |
| First Laird o the Admiralty | |
| In office 25 Mey 1915 – 10 December 1916 | |
| Prime Meenister | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George |
| Precedit bi | Winston Churchill |
| Succeedit bi | Sir Edward Carson |
| Leader o the Opposeetion | |
| In office 27 Februar 1906 – 13 November 1911 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Meenister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| Succeedit bi | Andrew Bonar Law |
| In office 5 December 1905 – 8 Februar 1906 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Meenister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| Precedit bi | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| Laird Privy Seal | |
| In office 11 Julie 1902 – 17 October 1903 | |
| Precedit bi | The 3rd Marquess o Salisbury |
| Succeedit bi | The 4t Marquess o Salisbury |
| Leader o the Conservative Pairty | |
| In office 11 Julie 1902 – 13 November 1911 | |
| Precedit bi | The 3rd Marquess o Salisbury |
| Succeedit bi | Andrew Bonar Law |
| Chief Secretar for Ireland | |
| In office 7 Mairch 1887 – 9 November 1891 | |
| Prime Meenister | The 3rd Marquess o Salisbury |
| Precedit bi | Sir Michael Hicks Beach |
| Succeedit bi | William Jackson |
| Secretar for Scotland | |
| In office 5 August 1886 – 11 Mairch 1887 | |
| Prime Meenister | The 3rd Marquess o Salisbury |
| Precedit bi | The Earl o Dalhousie |
| Succeedit bi | The Marquess o Lowden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur James Balfour 25 Julie 1848 Whittingehame House, East Lowden, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 19 Mairch 1930 (aged 81) Fishers Hill Hoose, Woking, Surrey, Ingland |
| Restin place | Whittingehame Kirk, Whittingehame |
| Ceetizenship | Breetish |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Poleetical pairty | Conservative |
| Spoose(s) | None |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Thrift | Politeecian Statesman |
| Religion | Kirk o Ingland an Kirk o Scotland |
| Signatur |  |
References
eedit- ↑ [1] Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Oxford Dictionaries Online