Arthur Balfour

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British politician Conservative Party politician Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom human

Arthur Balfour was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 and later as Foreign Secretary, notably associated with the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

Aliases (2)

Arthur James Balfour ×4
1st Earl of Balfour ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Conservative Party politician → Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → human →
birthDate	1848-07-25 →
burialPlace	Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
deathDate	1930-03-19 →
educatedAt	Eton College → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
familyName	Balfour →
fieldOfWork	political philosophy →
foreignSecretaryEnd	1919 →
foreignSecretaryStart	1916 →
fullName	Arthur James Balfour →
givenName	Arthur →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
knownFor	Balfour Declaration of 1917 → leadership of the Conservative Party in the early 20th century →
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED → House of Lords →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
middleName	James →
monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister	Edward VII →
notableFor	supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine →
notableWork	Balfour Declaration →
occupation	essayist → philosopher → statesman →
parliamentaryTerm	Member of Parliament for City of London → Member of Parliament for Hertford → Member of Parliament for Manchester East →
placeOfBirth	Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland →
placeOfDeath	Woking, Surrey, England →
positionHeld	Chief Secretary for Ireland → First Lord of the Admiralty → First Lord of the Treasury → Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) → Leader of the Opposition (UK) → Lord President of the Council → Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
precededByAsForeignSecretary	Sir Edward Grey →
precededByAsPrimeMinister	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury →
primeMinisterEnd	1905 →
primeMinisterStart	1902 →
relative	James Maitland Balfour → Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil → Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury →
religion	Anglicanism →
signed	Balfour Declaration →
succeededByAsForeignSecretary	George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston →
succeededByAsPrimeMinister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman →
title	1st Earl of Balfour → Viscount Traprain →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Balfour Declaration ("Arthur James Balfour") →	author
Committee of Imperial Defence →	creator
Committee of Imperial Defence →	foundedBy
Arthur Balfour ("Arthur James Balfour") →	fullName
Washington Naval Conference period →	hasKeyParticipant
1902 Education Act →	introducedBy
Fourth Party →	member
Balfour Declaration ("Arthur James Balfour") →	namedAfter
Five-Power Treaty →	negotiatedBy
British War Cabinet →	notableMember
Balfour Declaration ("Arthur James Balfour") →	signedBy
Imperial Conference of 1926 →	significantPerson
Arthur Balfour ("1st Earl of Balfour") →	title