Gerald Balfour
Mr Gerald William Balfour
Rush ID: 1988
Details
- Born:
- 9 April 1853
- Died:
- 14 January 1945
- Birth place:
- Edinburgh, U.K.
- Gender:
- Male
- Ethnicity:
- Unknown
- Religion:
- Unknown
- Aristocratic connections:
- true
- Formative occupation:
- Landowner
- Election occupation:
- Landowner
- Parentage:
- James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Cecil, daughter of 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
- Notes:
- None
- Knighthood/Dame:
- False
- HighestOffice:
- Cabinet minister
- Who's Who volume:
- 2
References
- Rush ID:
- 1988
- MNIS ID:
- Not set
- Wikidata Entity ID:
- Q2917086
- Parliament ID:
- Not set
Name changes
- BALFOUR, Gerald (1853-1945)
Peerages
-
2nd Earl of Balfour
Hereditary
1930
succeeded his brother
Constituencies
-
Leeds Central
Party: Conservative Year of election: 1885 Date of election: 24 November 1885 Nature of election: General election Nature of service: First entry Year of exit: 1906 Date of exit: 12 January 1906 Party: Conservative Nature of exit: Electoral defeat Sponsorship: None known Constituency connections: None known Notes: None
Ministerial offices
-
Chief Secretary for Ireland 1895-1900
-
President of the Board of Trade 1900-1905
-
PPS 1885
to Arthur Balfour
-
President of the Board of Local Government 1905
March-December 1905
Higher education
-
Trinity College
Graduated
Schools
Marriages
-
Bulwer-Lytton, Elizabeth Edith
Year: 1887
Relationships
-
Brother of Arthur Balfour
-
Nephew of Robert Cecil
-
Cousin of Cranborne
Parties
-
Conservative Party member