Gerald Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour - Revision history

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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Edinburgh Friends of Israel]] - President 1971-1997.
+==Earl of Balfour (1922)==
+*[[Arthur Balfour|Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour]] (1848–1930)
 ==Resources==

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 '''Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour''' (23 December 1925 – 27 June 2003), styled '''Viscount Traprain''' between 1945 and 1968, was a British peer.
-Balfour was the son of the [[Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour|3rd Earl of Balfour]] and Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough. He married Natasha Georgina Anton (d. 1994), daughter of Captain George Anton, on 14 December 1956.
+Balfour was the son of the [[Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour|3rd Earl of Balfour]] and [[Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough]]. He married [[Natasha Georgina Anton]] (d. 1994), daughter of Captain [[George Anton]], on 14 December 1956.
-Balfour was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]]. He took part in the [[Second World War]], in the [[Merchant Navy]]. A master mariner, he first served on {{HMS|Conway|school ship|6}}. From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for [[East Lothian]]. In November 1968 he succeeded his father in the earldom.
+Balfour was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]]. He took part in the [[Second World War]], in the [[Merchant Navy]]. A master mariner, he first served on HMS Conway. From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for [[East Lothian]]. In November 1968 he succeeded his father in the earldom.
 As Balfour and his wife had no children, Balfour was succeeded in the earldom by his second cousin once removed, [[Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour|Roderick Balfour]].
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 *[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldjudgmt/jd021106/balfou-2.htm Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 2]
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		+	'''Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour''' (23 December 1925 – 27 June 2003), styled '''Viscount Traprain''' between 1945 and 1968, was a British peer.

		+	Balfour was the son of the [[Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour\|3rd Earl of Balfour]] and Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough. He married Natasha Georgina Anton (d. 1994), daughter of Captain George Anton, on 14 December 1956.
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		+	Balfour was educated at [[Eton College\|Eton]]. He took part in the [[Second World War]], in the [[Merchant Navy]]. A master mariner, he first served on {{HMS\|Conway\|school ship\|6}}. From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for [[East Lothian]]. In November 1968 he succeeded his father in the earldom.
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		+	As Balfour and his wife had no children, Balfour was succeeded in the earldom by his second cousin once removed, [[Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour\|Roderick Balfour]].
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		+	==Resources==
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		+	* Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 692.
		+	* Announcements, ''The Daily Telegraph'', London, U.K., 30 June 2003.
		+	* Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 172.
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		+	==External links==
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		+	*[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldjudgmt/jd021106/balfou-1.htm Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 1]
		+	*[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldjudgmt/jd021106/balfou-2.htm Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 2]
		+	==Notes==

	*[[Edinburgh Friends of Israel]] - President 1971-1997.		*[[Edinburgh Friends of Israel]] - President 1971-1997.