James Maitland Balfour
Politician
1820 – 1856
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Who was James Maitland Balfour?
James Maitland Balfour, of Whittinghame, East Lothian, was a Scottish land-owner and businessman. He made a fortune in the 19th-century railway boom, and inherited a significant portion of his father's great wealth.
He was a Conservative Member of Parliament in the 1840s, and was the father of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour.
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- Born
- Jan 5, 1820
United Kingdom - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Eton College
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Died
- Feb 23, 1856
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on July 23, 2013
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