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Balfour, Archibald Edward, second son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. April 15, 1870; adm. as exhibitioner April 1884 (R); left (with Triplett) July 1888; Trin. Coll. Camb. adm. pensr. Oct. 6, 1888; 2nd class Law Tripos, part 1, 1890, 1st class, part 2, 1892; LL. B. 1892; LL. M. 1906; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Nov. 19, 1894; adm. a solicitor March 1912; practised in London, firm Bircham and Co.; m. Dec. 2, 1909, Hylda Snow, second daughter of Sir Richard Homer Paget, Bart; d. March 22, 1951.

BALFOUR, ARCHIBALD, brother of Edward Balfour (qv); b. 16 Jul 1840; adm. (G) Jan 1854, having previously been at Radley and Bradfield; QS 1855; left 1859; Third Class Clerk, Admiralty 19 Apr 1859 - res 30 Oct 1861; became a Russian merchant; member firm I. Thomson, T. Bonar and Co.; of Billingsbear Park, Wokingham, Berks.; m. 14 Apr 1864 Sophy Charlotte, dau. of Thomas Mathias Weguelin MP, London; d. 29 Oct 1922.

Balfour, Arthur Montague, eldest son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Oct. 15, 1868; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (R); left July 1887; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. Lent 1889; served in Great War I; Lieut.-Col. R. F. A.; D.S.O.; d. April 20, 1936.

Balfour, Christopher Egerton, third son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Aug. 14, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left Nov. 1889; 2nd Lieut. King's Royal Rifle Corps May 24, 1893; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1896; A.D.C. to Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. W. G. Lyttelton, March 28, 1900; Capt. Jan. 13, 1901; served in the South African War 1899-1901, and was in Ladysmith during the siege; D.S.O. Sept. 27, 1901; m. Oct. 28, 1902, Dorothy, eldest daughter of Gerald Paget; d. Aug. 29, 1907.

Balfour, Christopher James, brother of Harold Ivor Collingwood Balfour (q.v.); b. Aug. 23, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left Dec. 1919; d. June 24, 1928.

Balfour, Douglas Frederick Aylmer Mortimer, son of Douglas Hastings Balfour, Ceylon Civil Service; b. 11 Aug. 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (B); left July 1936; Emman. Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, BA 1939; RAFVR 1940-5 (FO).

BALFOUR, EDWARD, fourth son of Charles Balfour, Lower Berkeley Street, London, and Maria Caroline, only dau. of Sir John Edward Harington, Bart., EICS Bengal; b. 2 Jan 1833; adm. (G) 27 Feb 1843; QS 1846; cox of the eight in the race against Eton 29 Jul 1847; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1850, matr. 23 Oct 1850, Westminster Student; BA 1854; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1852-4, and for Gentlemen v. Players 1852-4; d. at Genoa 12 Aug 1856.

Balfour, Gerald Peter Aylmer Mortimer, brother of Douglas Frederick Aylmer Mortimer Bal­four (qv); b. 19 June 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left Dec. 1936; Imp. Coll. London.

Balfour, Harold Ivor Collingwood, son of H. D. Balfour of Bromley, Kent; b. July 25, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); left July 1918; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1925; M.B., B. S. (London.) 1937; M. D. (Lond.) 1939; M.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1940; practised at Bromley; at Ringmer, Sussex 1931; consulting physician and paediatrician, Worthing Group of Hospitals, Sussex; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Nov. 20, 1941; Major (specialist in medicine); J.P. West Sussex 1952; m. 1929, Constance, daughter of C.A.B. Campion, O.B.E., J.P., of Beckenham, Kent; d. 15 Dec. 1977.

Balfour, Oswald Herbert Campbell, son of Eustace James Anthony Balfour, of Kensington, by Lady Frances Campbell, daughter of George, 8th Duke of Argyll; b. Sept. 25, 1894; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (A); left July 1911; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1912; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps Feb. 25, 1914; Lieut. March 1, 1915; Capt. Aug. 25, 1916; served on the western front in 1914 and was wounded; joined the 3rd Batt. in 1915 and was again wounded; served in Egypt 1916 and Salonika 1916-8; mentioned in despatches L. G. Oct. 19, 1914; A.D.C. to the Gov.-Gen. of Canada Jan. - Oct. 1920; Secretary to the Gov.-Gen. 1920-3; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1923; employed by Harris Forbes and Co. Investment House, of William Street, New York, and Old Broad Street, London; Chairman of High Grade Steels Ltd. and other companies; re-employed in Great War II as Capt. (Reserve of Officers) K. R. R. C.; Lieut. Col.; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1944; d. Oct. 16, 1953; unm.