| Arthur Balfour  AKA Arthur James Balfour
Born: 25-Jul-1848
Birthplace: Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland
Died: 19-Mar-1930
Location of death: Woking, Surrey, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Whittingeham House, East Lothian, Scotland
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State, Politician Nationality: Scotland
Executive summary: UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 On February 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister Alfred Balfour declared the United Kingdom's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a homeland for the Jewish people." Father: James Maitland Balfour (d. 1855)
Mother: Blanche Gascoyne Cecil
Brother: Eustace Balfour (younger)
Brother: Francis Balfour (d. 1882)
Girlfriend: Mary Lyttleton (engaged, died before wedding)
High School: Eton College (1861-66)
University: BA, Cambridge University (1866-69)
Administrator: Rector, University of St. Andrews (1886-89)
Administrator: Rector, University of Glasgow (1890-93)
Administrator: Chancellor, University of Edinburgh (1891-1930)
Administrator: Chancellor, Cambridge University (1919-30)
Lord President of the Council (1925-29)
UK Foreign Secretary (1916-19)
UK Official First Lord of the Admiralty (1915-16)
UK Member of Parliament for the City of London (1906-22)
UK Prime Minister (11-Jul-1902 to 5-Dec-1905)
Lord Privy Seal (1902-03)
UK Leader of the House of Commons (1895-1905)
UK Leader of the House of Commons (1891-92)
UK Minister Chief Secretary for Ireland (1887-91)
UK Minister Secretary for Scotland (1886-87)
UK Member of Parliament for Manchester East (1885-1906)
UK Member of Parliament for Hertford (1874-85)
Carlton Club
Conservative Party (UK)
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews Captain (1894-95)
Travellers Club
Order of Merit 1916
Knighthood 1922 (Knight of the Garter)
Author of books:
A Defence of Philosophical Doubt (1879)
The Foundations of Belief (1895)
Criticism of Beauty (l909)
Theism and Humanism (1914)
Theism and Thought (1923)
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