Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (31 December 1902 – 28 November 1968), styled Viscount Traprain between 1930 and 1945, was a Scottish peer.
robert, balfour, earl, balfour, robert, arthur, lytton, balfour, earl, balfour, december, 1902, november, 1968, styled, viscount, traprain, between, 1930, 1945, scottish, peer, right, honourablethe, earl, balfourmember, house, lordslord, temporalin, office, ja. Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour 3rd Earl of Balfour 31 December 1902 28 November 1968 styled Viscount Traprain between 1930 and 1945 was a Scottish peer The Right HonourableThe Earl of BalfourMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalIn office 14 January 1945 28 November 1968as a hereditary peerPreceded byThe 2nd Earl of BalfourSucceeded byThe 4th Earl of BalfourPersonal detailsBorn31 December 1902Fishers Hill House Hook Heath WokingDied28 November 1968 1968 11 28 aged 65 SpouseJean Lily West Roundel Cooke Yarborough m 1925 wbr Children4 including Gerald Balfour 4th Earl of BalfourParent s Gerald Balfour 2nd Earl of BalfourLady Betty Bulwer LyttonAlma materTrinity College CambridgeBiography editBalfour was the son of Gerald Balfour a Member of Parliament and his wife Lady Elizabeth Balfour nee Bulwer Lytton a daughter of the 1st Earl of Lytton He was the nephew of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour and his father succeeded as Earl of Balfour in 1930 Robert was born on 31 December 1902 at his parent s residence Fishers Hill House Hook Heath Woking 1 and was educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Reserve and fought in the Second World War On 12 February 1925 he married Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke Yarborough 1900 1981 They had four children Gerald Arthur James Balfour 4th Earl of Balfour 1925 2003 Lady Evelyn Jean Blanche Balfour b 22 March 1929 Lady Alison Emily Balfour b 16 November 1934 Hon Andrew Maitland Balfour 1936 1948 From 1952 to 1954 he chaired the Royal Commission on Scottish Affairs which as a result is also referred to as the Balfour Commission External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by the Earl of BalfourReferences edit Births The Times No 36967 London 2 January 1903 p 1 Masonic officesPreceded byNorman Orr Ewing Grand Master of theGrand Lodge of Scotland1939 1942 Succeeded byJohn Christie StewartPeerage of the United KingdomPreceded byGerald Balfour Earl of Balfour1945 1968 Succeeded byGerald Balfour nbsp This biography of an earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Balfour 3rd Earl of Balfour amp oldid 1139953167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
