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  • Thumbnail for Balfour Declaration
    The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment...
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    Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour,(Bloody Balfour) KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL (/ˈbælfər, -fɔːr/, 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman...
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    Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer...
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  • Balfour Beatty plc (/ˌbælfʊ ˈbiːtiː/) is an international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom with capabilities in construction services...
    73 KB (5,770 words) - 19:58, 2 August 2024
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    Sir James Balfour Paul KCVO CStJ FSAS (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland...
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  • Thumbnail for Eric Balfour
    Eric Salter Balfour (born April 24, 1977) is an American actor. He made his film debut in the Lifetime movie No One Would Tell in 1996, followed by the...
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  • Thumbnail for Balfour Declaration of 1926
    The Balfour Declaration of 1926, issued by the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named after Arthur Balfour, who was Lord...
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  • Thumbnail for Earl of Balfour
    Earl of Balfour is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for Conservative politician Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the...
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    leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Leader of the House of Commons, but various major posts went to...
    59 KB (952 words) - 22:13, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Baron Riverdale
    the Sheffield steel manufacturer Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baronet, Chairman of Arthur Balfour & Co Ltd. Balfour had already been created a baronet, of Sheffield...
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    Ronald Balfour Corbett CBE (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster and comedian. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker...
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  • Thumbnail for Isaac Bayley Balfour
    Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Balfour
    HMS Balfour was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy which served during World War II. She was built as a TE (Buckley) type destroyer escort in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Kidnapped (novel)
    title of the book is Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in...
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  • Thumbnail for Grant Balfour
    Grant Robert Balfour (born 30 December 1977) is an Australian former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for...
    20 KB (1,985 words) - 01:01, 28 July 2024
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    Beaton (Bethune) of Balfour in the county of Fife, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir David Boswell of Balmuto. The Bethunes of Balfour were part of Clan...
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  • Thumbnail for Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
    Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, PC (9 April 1853 – 14 January 1945), known as Gerald Balfour or The Rt Hon. G. W. Balfour until 1930, was...
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    indicated he had died from "multiple gunshot wounds". Police charged William Balfour, Julia's estranged 27-year-old husband, with three counts of first-degree...
    86 KB (7,798 words) - 17:58, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour
    Roderick Arthur Francis Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 9 December 1948), is a British peer and businessman. Balfour was born on 9 December 1948 in...
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  • Thumbnail for Balfour, Orkney
    Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway...
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