| Arthur Balfour  AKA Arthur James Balfour
Born: 25-Jul-1848
Birthplace: East Lothian, Scotland
Died: 19-Mar-1930
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Whittingeham House, East Lothian, Scotland
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State, Politician Nationality: England
Executive summary: UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 On February 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister Alfred Balfour declared the United Kingdom's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a homeland for the Jewish people." Father: James Maitland Balfour (d. 1855)
Mother: Blanche Gascoyne Cecil
Brother: Eustace Balfour (younger)
Brother: Francis Balfour (d. 1882)
Girlfriend: Mary Lyttleton (engaged, died before wedding)
High School: Eton College
University: Cambridge University
Lord President of the Council (1925-29)
UK Foreign Secretary 1916-19
UK Prime Minister 11-Jul-1902 to 5-Dec-1905
Lord Privy Seal 1902-03
UK Leader of the House of Commons 1895-1905
UK Leader of the House of Commons 1891-92
UK Member of Parliament 1874-85
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews Captain (1894-95)
Travellers Club
Author of books:
A Defence of Philosophical Doubt (1879)
The Foundations of Belief (1895)
Criticism of Beauty (l909)
Theism and Humanism (1914)
Theism and Thought (1923)
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