Alfred Balfour (7 September 1885 – 26 January 1963) was a British railwayman and politician. He worked his way up from being a baker's message boy to serve...
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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 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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Balfour Beatty plc (/ˌbælfʊ ˈbiːtiː/) is an international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom with capabilities in construction services...
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November 1935 – 15 June 1945 Preceded by James Campbell Ker Succeeded by Alfred Balfour In office 30 May 1929 – 7 October 1931 Preceded by Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe...
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Factory in Twin Street, Adelaide in 1872. Balfours became a household name and in 1867, when Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited South Australia...
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Meir Dizengoff with Alfred Balfour 1925...
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Champagne (1928 film) (category Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
Champagne is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Jean Bradin. The screenplay was based...
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Arthur Woodburn (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17. "Mr Alfred Balfour (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17. "Mr John Taylor...
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Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: Alfred Balfour Conservative: "'Stirlingshire West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb...
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as "the existence of Zionists who are anti-Semites". Eisenman listed Alfred Balfour, Viktor Orbán, Vladimir Putin, Glenn Beck, Richard Spencer, and Donald...
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service offices in the United States. Balfour Beatty Construction's parent company is Balfour Beatty in London. Balfour Beatty Construction's roots emerge...
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Unionist government, 1895–1905 (redirect from Balfour Ministry)
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...
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Bristol East, 1923–31 Oliver Baldwin, Dudley, 1929–31; Paisley, 1945–47 Alfred Balfour, West Stirlingshire, 1945–59 Alex Ballinger, Halesowen, 2024–present...
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41.2 1 The Wrekin Ivor Owen Thomas 22,453 56.3 1 West Stirlingshire Alfred Balfour 16,066 54.4 1 1948 by-election Glasgow Camlachie John Inglis 10,690...
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Stirlingshire In office 8 October 1959 – 20 September 1974 Preceded by Alfred Balfour Succeeded by Dennis Canavan Personal details Born 4 December 1911 Died...
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Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan Arthur Woodburn Labour Stirlingshire West Alfred Balfour Labour Stockport North Norman Hulbert Conservative Stockport South Sir...
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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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7th Duke of Grafton and his wife Anna Balfour, daughter of James Balfour (-1845) and aunt of Arthur Balfour. His elder brother and heir to the dukedom...
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, KG, GCB, GCMG, PC (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a very...
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that year was appointed a private secretary to the new Prime Minister, Alfred Balfour. Only three months later, he transferred to the Treasury, where he had...
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Party to the Conservative Party over iron and steel nationalisation 1948 – Alfred Edwards (Middlesbrough East) defects from the Labour Party to the Conservative...
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Voller Brothers (redirect from 'Balfour Strad')
infamous "Balfour" Stradivarius. Charles Beare commented, "The most ingenious copyists are acknowledged to be William, Charles and Alfred Voller. The...
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their age: Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell (1979), pp 25-26 Roberts 2022. Boyce, D. George (2004). Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, Viscount...
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Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan Arthur Woodburn Labour Stirlingshire West Alfred Balfour Labour Stockport North Wg. Cdr. Norman Hulbert Conservative Stockport...
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Palmer Hudson by Edward Shrimpton Turner by Frank Damer Max Leclare by Alfred Balfour William Smart by R.A. Lyons Lady Janet MacLintock by Mrs. John Wood...
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colleagues and resigned. The King invited Balfour to form a new government later that day. Before accepting, Balfour met Chamberlain, who said he was content...
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Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as...
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1920. Balfour was born at Hamilton, Lanarkshire in Scotland to the wealthy Anglo-Indian Balfour family, the son of Brigadier–General Sir Alfred Granville...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG, CVO (10 July 1840 – 15 April 1925) was a British Army officer, courtier, and Conservative Party political...
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