Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, Conservative Member of Parliament for Leeds Central, Chief Secretary for Ireland, President of the Board of Trade, Privy Councillor, President of the Society for Psychical Research.
Dates: 9 April 1853–14 January 1945
Biography
Fourth son of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil. He served in Parliament and government, succeeded his unmarried elder brother Arthur as 2nd Earl of Balfour under the special remainder in 1930, and continued the Whittingehame peerage line. His son Robert became 3rd Earl.
Notes / Sources
Landed Families, Gerald Balfour — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2018/11/351-balfour-of-whittingehame-earls-of-balfour.html
Earl of Balfour succession and arms — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Balfour
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Balfour of Whittingehame; Earls of Balfour
Father: James Maitland Balfour
Mother: Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil
Spouse(s): Lady Elizabeth Edith Bulwer-Lytton, daughter of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Children / next generation: Lady Ruth Balfour; Lady Eleanor Balfour; Lady Mary Edith Balfour; Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour; Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour; Lady Kathleen Constance Blanche Balfour
Armorial Registry
Balfour of Whittingehame — Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, special-remainder succession
Branch: Whittingehame and Fisher's Hill collateral succession
Issued / recorded: 19 March 1930
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