Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (23 December 1925 – 27 June 2003), styled Viscount Traprain between 1945 and 1968, was a British peer.
Balfour was the son of
The 3rd Earl of Balfour and Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough. He married Natasha Georgina Anton (d. 1994), daughter of Captain George Anton, on 14 December 1956.
Balfour was educated at
Eton
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. He took part in the
Second World War
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, in the
Merchant Navy. A master mariner, he first served on . From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for
East Lothian
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In ...
. In November 1968 he succeeded his father in the earldom.
As Balfour and his wife had no children, Balfour was succeeded in the earldom by his second cousin once removed
Roderick Balfour.
References
* Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 692
* Announcements, The Daily Telegraph, London, U.K., 30 June 2003
* Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 172
External links
*
Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 1
1925 births
2003 deaths
Nobility from East Lothian
People educated at Eton College
Councillors in Scotland
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British Merchant Navy personnel of World War II
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