Sir William Balfour of Pitcullo (c. 1578 – buried 28 July 1660) was a Scottish-born professional soldier who served in the Thirty Years War and with Parliamentarian...
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Army Sir William Balfour (general) (c. 1578–1660), Scottish general of the parliamentary forces during the English Civil War William Balfour, who murdered...
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General Balfour may refer to: James Balfour (British Army officer) (1743–1823), British Army general Nisbet Balfour (1743—1823), British Army major general...
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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL (/ˈbælfər, -fɔːr/, 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and Conservative...
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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...
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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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George William Balfour FRSE (2 June 1823 – 9 August 1903) was a Scottish physician, known as a heart specialist. Born at the manse of Sorn, Ayrshire,...
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engineer George Balfour and the accountant Andrew Beatty. Initially working on tramways, the company soon expanded into power and general contracting; the...
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Counsel. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Edinburgh. At the 1880 general election, Balfour stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Ayrshire North but in a...
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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...
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Unionist government, 1895–1905 (redirect from Balfour Ministry)
shortly before the 1895 general election. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Leader of the...
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John Hutton Balfour FRSE FRS FRCSE FLS MWS (15 September 1808 – 11 February 1884) was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first...
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William Douglas Balfour (August 2, 1851 – August 19, 1896) was a speaker for the Legislature of Ontario in 1895–1896 and served as Liberal MLA for Essex...
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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...
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Right Honourable Gerald William Balfour, and the heirs male of his body, failing which to his nephew Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour and the heirs male of...
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Lieutenant-General Robert Balfour of Balbirnie (3 May 1772 – 31 October 1837) was a son of John Balfour of Balbirnie and Mary Gordon, daughter of James...
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Sebastian Balfour (born 1941), English historian William Balfour (died 1660), English Civil War general Earl of Balfour Balfour baronets Lord Balfour of Burleigh...
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created the office with the title of Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William, or Governor-General of Bengal to be appointed by the Court of Directors...
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General Hutchison may refer to: Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison (1871–1930), Royal Marines general Balfour Hutchison (1889–1967), British Army lieutenant...
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Rosebery and Salisbury both sitting in the House of Lords, and William Harcourt and Arthur Balfour respectively acting as the Commons leaders for the Liberals...
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mandate to pass the budget. The general election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party led by Arthur Balfour and their Liberal Unionist...
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James Maitland Balfour (5 January 1820 – 23 February 1856) was a Scottish land-owner and businessman. He made a fortune in the 19th-century railway boom...
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General Sir Robert George Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL (15 September 1913 – 28 December 1994) was a senior officer in the British...
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son of Sir Michael Balfour of Denmilne, Fife, and Joanna Durham. Balfour was well acquainted with Sir William Segar and with William Dugdale, to whose...
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voted to curtail their own powers). The Conservative Party, led by Arthur Balfour with their Liberal Unionist allies, and the Liberal Party, led by Prime...
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Balfour (1742–1807) of Balcurvie General James Balfour (1743–1823), of Whitehill Elizabeth Balfour; married Captain William Wardlaw William Balfour (1755–1793)...
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division of general surgery in what is now known as the Mayo Clinic. In 1910 he married William J. Mayo's daughter, Carrie Mayo. Balfour worked primarily...
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General Nisbet Balfour (1743, Dunbog—10 October 1823, Dunbog) was a British soldier in the American Revolutionary War and later a Scottish Member of Parliament...
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Voller Brothers (redirect from 'Balfour Strad')
violins and the infamous "Balfour" Stradivarius. Charles Beare commented, "The most ingenious copyists are acknowledged to be William, Charles and Alfred Voller...
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United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802. The members of the...
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