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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 to 19 March 1930), was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Arthur Balfour was documented, and when
25 July 1848exact date
Whittingehameattested“Arthur James Balfour was born on 25 July 1848 at Whittingehame House, East Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1859 to 1866period
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshireattested“Arthur Balfour was educated at Grange Preparatory School at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire (1859–1861), and Eton College (1861–1866), where he studied with the influential master, William Johnson Cory.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
April 1917month
Palestine (region)attested“Balfour's service as foreign secretary was notable for the Balfour Mission, a crucial alliance-building visit to the US in April 1917, and the Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild affirming the government's support fo…”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
19 March 1930exact date
Hook Heathattested“Following a visit from Chaim Weizmann, Balfour died at his brother Gerald's home, Fishers Hill House in Hook Heath, Woking, where he had lived since January 1929, on 19 March 1930.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
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1866 to 1869period
University of Cambridgementioned“He then went up to the University of Cambridge, where he read moral sciences at Trinity College (1866–1869).”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1866 to 1869period
Trinity College, Cambridgementioned“He then went up to the University of Cambridge, where he read moral sciences at Trinity College (1866–1869).”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1898year
Salisburymentioned“During the illness of Lord Salisbury in 1898, and again in Salisbury's absence abroad, Balfour was in charge of the Foreign Office, and he conducted negotiations with Russia on the question of railways in North China.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1904 to 1905period
Oldhammentioned“By 1905 few Unionist MPs were still free traders (Winston Churchill crossed to the Liberals in 1904 when threatened with deselection at Oldham), but Balfour's act had drained his authority within the government.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1905year
Eastern Europementioned“However, in 1905 he supported the Aliens Act 1905, one of whose main objectives was to control and restrict Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1906year
Palestine (region)mentioned“Balfour, who had known Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann since 1906, opposed Russian mistreatment of Jews and increasingly supported Zionism as a programme for European Jews to settle in Palestine.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1906year
South Africamentioned“In 1906, during a House of Commons debate, Balfour argued that the disenfranchisement of the blacks in South Africa was not immoral.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1911 to 1918period
United Kingdommentioned“Asquith in a 1911 delegation of the women's movements representing the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association but it was not until 1918 that (some) women were given the right to vote in elections in the United Kingdom, d…”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
1914year
University of Glasgowmentioned“In 1914, he delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow, which formed the basis for his book Theism and Humanism (1915).”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
5 May 1922exact date
County of Haddingtonmentioned“On 5 May 1922, Balfour was created Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, of Whittingehame, in the county of Haddington.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur Balfour
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