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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.
The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale, GBE, JP (9 January 1873 – 7 July 1957), known as Sir Arthur Balfour (1923 -1929) and Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baronet (1929 - 1935), was a British steel manufacturer.
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 United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 and Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. [1] Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour.
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...
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. His Balfour Declaration, made on 2 November...
Who was Arthur Balfour, the Scottish politician who was instrumental in the creation of Israel? The Balfour Declaration is believed to have been signed in the library at Whittingehame House in...
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.
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....
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.
