Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour, landowner, chairman and managing director of Bruntons (Musselburgh), Scottish public administrator, Grand Master Mason of Scotland.
Dates: 31 December 1902–27 November 1968
Biography
Only son of Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl, and Lady Elizabeth Edith Bulwer-Lytton. He succeeded his father in 1945, inherited the Whittingehame estate and later restored Whittingehame Tower as the centre of the remaining estate.
Notes / Sources
Landed Families, Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2018/11/351-balfour-of-whittingehame-earls-of-balfour.html
National Records of Scotland, GD433 — https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?df=&di=y&dt=&k=&ko=a&r=gd433&reference=GD433&ro=s&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Balfour of Whittingehame; Earls of Balfour
Father: Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
Mother: Lady Elizabeth Edith Bulwer-Lytton
Spouse(s): Jean Lily West Roundel
Children / next generation: Gerald Arthur James Balfour; Lady Evelyn Jane Blanche Balfour; Lady Alison Emily Balfour; Andrew Maitland Balfour
Armorial Registry
Balfour of Whittingehame — Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl, and continuation through the Lytton marriage
Branch: Whittingehame succession through the Gerald Balfour line
Issued / recorded: 14 January 1945
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