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Balfour returned as First Lord of the Admiralty in Asquith's Coalition Government (1915–1916). In December 1916, he became foreign secretary in David Lloyd George 's coalition. He was frequently left out of the inner workings of foreign policy, although the Balfour Declaration on a Jewish homeland bore his name.
Arthur Balfour, who first served as prime minister of the United Kingdom, and more importantly, later as foreign secretary during the government of David Lloyd George, is the author of...
Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour (born July 25, 1848, Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland—died March 19, 1930, Woking, Surrey, England) was a British statesman who maintained a position of power in the British Conservative Party for 50 years.
Nov 2, 2017 · The British peer Arthur Balfour barely makes an appearance in UK schoolbooks, but many Israeli and Palestinian students could tell you about him.
He is perhaps best known for authoring the ‘Balfour Declaration’ of 1917, when he was serving as Foreign Secretary, which supported the establishment of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine. Biography....
Dec 14, 2017 · The Balfour Declaration was a letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lionel Walter Rothschild, in which he expressed the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland...
Balfour was born in Scotland and entered parliament in the 1874 general election, becoming prominent as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1887–18912. He succeeded his uncle, Robert Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury, as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in July 1902 but in 1905 he lost power to the Liberals.
In 1891, he made him Leader of the House of Commons, which was a key role for a Prime Minister sitting in the Lords. Balfour was also the last man to hold the position of First Lord of the Treasury, and to live in 10 Downing Street, when not the head of the government.
An intellectual and a philosopher, he had a long career in politics, becoming Prime Minister (1902–06) and later a controversial Foreign Secretary under David Lloyd George (1916–19); he ultimately spent 40 years in Parliament. Arthur Balfour inherited the estate of Whittingehame at the age of eight, when his father died.
Arthur James, 1st Earl Balfour, (born July 25, 1848, Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scot.—died March 19, 1930, Woking, Surrey, Eng.), British statesman. The nephew of the marquess of Salisbury, Balfour served in Parliament (1874–1911) and in his uncle’s government as secretary for Ireland (1887–91).
