Gerald Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour

Noble person

1925 – 2003

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Who was Gerald Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour?

Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour, styled Viscount Traprain between 1945 and 1968, was a Scottish peer.

Balfour was the son of Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour and Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough. He married Natasha Georgina Anton, daughter of Captain George Anton, on 14 December 1956.

Balfour was educated at Eton. He took part in the Second World War, in the Merchant Navy. A master mariner, he first served on H.M.S. Conway. From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for East Lothian. In November 1968 he succeeded his father in the earldom.

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Born
Dec 23, 1925
Education
  • Eton College
Died
Jun 27, 2003

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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