Updated Feb 20, 2026
Details
Birthday
(Tuesday)
Died
Birthplace
Whittingehame, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Parents
James Maitland Balfour, Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil
Education
Eton College, Trinity College
Zodiac Sign
♌ Leo
Chinese Zodiac
猴 Monkey
Name Origin
English < Latin < Ancient Greek < Hebrew (יַעֲקֹב)
Popularity
Tier B -- 20,957 Wikipedia views/month
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Zodiac
Year of the Monkey, sign of Leo
AWARDS (6)
B
Cross of Liberty
WON
B
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
WON
B
Fellow of the British Academy
WON
B
Fellow of the Royal Society
WON
Biography
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on behalf of the cabinet, which supported a "home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, and later issued the Balfour Declaration of 1926 as Lord of the Privy Council, which announced a co-equal relationship between the United Kingdom and its Dominions, laying the groundwork for the Statute of Westminster 1931 which granted full independence to the former colonies.
Connections (8)
Child of
James Maitland Balfour
Child of
Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil
Sibling of
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
Sibling of
Francis Maitland Balfour
Sibling of
Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
Sibling of
Eustace Balfour
Sibling of
Alice Blanche Balfour
Sibling of
Evelyn Strutt, Baroness Rayleigh of Terling Place
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Arthur Balfour was born on and passed away on at the age of 81.
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Arthur Balfour was born in Whittingehame.
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