The Henson Journals

Arthur James Balfour

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930; ODNB), Unionist prime minister, 1902-5, party leader 1902-11. A philosopher and theist; cousin of the Cecils; first introduced to Henson by Frances Balfour (Retrospect, I, 75); foreign secretary, 1916-19, and author of the 'Balfour declaration', 1917; lord president of the council, 1919-22, 1925-29; 1st earl of Balfour (1922). See also Volume 68, 70, 75.

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See also Balfour, Eustace James Anthony