Thomas Balfour of Elwick

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(2 April 1810 – 30 March 1838)Royal Society of Edinburgh - Index of Fellows
/ref> was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1837. His brother was David Balfour (1811-1887) of Balfour FRSE.

Family

Balfour was the son of Captain William Balfour RN of Trenabie, Orkney. He became an advocate in 1831 and was elected fellow of the

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on 16 March 1834. His proposer was Thomas Stewart Traill. Balfour was elected Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland on 9 February 1835. He held the seat until 1837. He was a Conservative. In 1837 he was residing at 9 Doune Terrace on the Moray Estate. Balfour died unmarried at the age of 28. He is buried in the south-west corner of St Johns Churchyard in Edinburgh.

Trivia

His grandfather Col Thomas Balfour of Elwick was portrayed by Sir Henry Raeburn.

References

A 24-page booklet - "Thomas Balfour M.P. for Orkney and Shetland, 1835-1837" - was published in 1978 by Kirkwall Grammar School.

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* 1810 births 1838 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Orkney and Shetland UK MPs 1835–1837 People from Orkney Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Burials at St John's, Edinburgh Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub