James Maitland Balfour, Landed proprietor of Whittingehame and Strathconan, Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs, director and later chairman of the North British Railway, major and commanding officer of the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry.
Dates: 5 January 1820–23 February 1856
Biography
Elder son of James Balfour of Whittingehame and Lady Eleanor Maitland. He inherited the Whittingehame and Strathconan estates and married Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil at Hatfield on 15 August 1843. Their children included Arthur James Balfour, later 1st Earl of Balfour, and Gerald William Balfour, later 2nd Earl.
Notes / Sources
Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, James Maitland Balfour — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2018/11/351-balfour-of-whittingehame-earls-of.html
Cracroft's Peerage, Balfour — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/balfour1922.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Balfour of Whittingehame
Father: James Balfour of Whittingehame
Mother: Lady Eleanor Maitland, daughter of James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
Spouse(s): Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil
Children / next generation: Eleanor Mildred Balfour; Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour; Arthur James Balfour; Cecil Charles Balfour; Alice Blanche Balfour; Francis Maitland Balfour; Gerald William Balfour; Eustace James Anthony Balfour
Armorial Registry
Balfour of Whittingehame — James Maitland Balfour and the Salisbury-Cecil matrimonial bridge
Branch: Whittingehame through the marriage of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil
Issued / recorded: 15 August 1843
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