• Gilbert Balfour (died 1576) was a 16th-century Scottish courtier and mercenary captain. He probably played a leading role in the murder of Lord Darnley...
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    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...
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    the 1560s by Gilbert Balfour, who probably played the leading role in the murder of Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots. Balfour married Margaret...
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    Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer...
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  • departure to the Baltic. Charles de Mornay contacted Archibald Ruthwen and Gilbert Balfour, the commanders of the Scottish mercenary troops which arrived in Sweden...
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  • Sir Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow, 1st Laird (Lord) of Cadzow (died ca. 1346) was a Scottish nobleman. The husband to Mary Gordon of Huntly, they wed...
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  • Archibald Balfour of Westray and transferred the property to his son in 1590. The castle had been built by Gilbert Balfour. Andrew Balfour added a stone...
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    General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet (1757–1829), military leader Gilbert Balfour, 16th-century mercenary captain, probably having a leading role in...
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    Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (/kɪˈnɪnmənd/; 9 July 1845 – 1 March 1914), known as Viscount Melgund...
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    granted the lands of Noltland to his brother-in-law Gilbert Balfour, who built the castle. Balfour was Master of the Royal Household to Mary, Queen of...
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    Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. Chesterton...
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  • Michael Creighton Balfour (11 February 1918 – 24 October 1997) was an English actor, working mainly in British films and TV, following his TV debut in...
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    Iron Age. Away to the west are the ruins of Noltland Castle, built by Gilbert Balfour in the 16th century, notable for its massive spiral staircase "second...
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     454. Balfour Paul 1911, p. 460. Balfour Paul 1907, p. 456. Balfour Paul 1911, p. 449. Balfour Paul 1911, p. 450. Balfour Paul 1911, p. 451. Balfour Paul...
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    was called an "ordinar". Office holders included: James Anstruther Gilbert Balfour of Westray. David Beaton of Melgund Robert Beaton of Creich Francisco...
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    Great Hall, which Busso joined as a Master of Household walking with Gilbert Balfour and the Laird of Findlater. Mary's secretary Claude Nau later wrote...
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  • of the Household, the Laird of Findlater, Francisco de Busso, and Gilbert Balfour. James Melville of Halhill wrote that Bastian Pagez was responsible...
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    of alleged witch Allison Balfour or Margaret Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases. Balfour lived in the Orkney Islands...
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    Edgar (1940). The Balfour Declaration: Origins and Background. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Gilbert, Martin (1978)...
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  • disaster at Wesenberg, and the wounded Ruthven and his second-in-command, Gilbert Balfour, were taken as prisoners to Stockholm. In the Swedish capital, they...
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    Retrieved 12 September 2022. Balfour Paul, Sir James (1907), The Scots Peerage, vol. IV, Edinburgh: David Douglas, pp. 349–350 Balfour Paul, Sir James (1907)...
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    Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus also known as The Red Earl (before 1246 – 1308) was the first of the Anglo-French de Umfraville line to rule the...
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    Aloe squarrosa (category Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour)
    Aloe squarrosa is a species of flowering plant in the Asphodelaceae family. It is from the island of Socotra, Yemen. Aloe squarrosa has smooth, green,...
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     22. Gilbert 1991, p. 162. Gilbert 1991, p. 153. Gilbert 1991, pp. 152, 154. Gilbert 1991, p. 157. Gilbert 1991, p. 160; Jenkins 2001, p. 84. Gilbert 1991...
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  • Gilbert de Umfraville (died 1245) was a 13th-century English baron. Gilbert was the eldest son of Richard de Umfraville, Lord of Redesdale. He succeeded...
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  • Wemyss David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss Anna Balfour (d. 1649) daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh Lady Jean Wemyss (1629–1715) George...
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  • Danish rapper Tessa Albertson (born 1996), American actress Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour (born 1950), British aristocrat Tessa Blanchard (born 1994),...
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  • Oliver Sinclair (sheriff). Olave Sinclair (foud) Robert Stewart (1564) Gilbert Balfour of Westray, Sheriff of Orkney (1566). Laurence Bruce (1571) John Dishington...
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  • O'Neill as Mark Hudson, a senior Security Service field officer Micah Balfour as Leon Parhill Remy Beasley as Meg Hooton, Abby's friend It was revealed...
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    but Sir James Balfour Paul notes in The Scots Peerage that Kinnoull was alive in the Slains land inventory of November 1461. Balfour writes that the...
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