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Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour was a British statesman who maintained a position of power in the British Conservative Party for 50 years. He was prime minister from 1902 to 1905, and, as foreign secretary from 1916 to 1919, he is perhaps best remembered for his World War I statement (the
Walter Rothschild, Arthur Balfour, Leo Amery, Lord Milner: Signatories: Arthur James Balfour: Purpose: Confirming support from the British government for the establishment in Palestine of a "national home" for the Jewish people, with two conditions: Full text; Balfour Declaration at Wikisource
27 de abr. de 2024 · Arthur James Balfour succeeded his uncle, Lord Salisbury, who had been his political mentor and champion.However, his initial interests were not political. He enjoyed music and poetry, and was ...
Balfour Declaration, (November 2, 1917), statement of British support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” It was made in a letter from Arthur James Balfour , the British foreign secretary, to Lionel Walter Rothschild , 2nd Baron Rothschild (of Tring), a leader of the Anglo-Jewish community .
Balfour, Arthur James (1848–1930), chief secretary for Ireland (1887–91), was born 25 July 1848 at Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland, eldest son among five sons and three daughters of James Maitland Balfour (1820–56), country gentleman and MP, and Lady Blanche Harriet Cecil (1825–72), daughter of the 2nd marquis of Salisbury; he was named after his godfather, Arthur Wellesley (qv ...
Whittingehame, East Lothian, 25 July 1848; d. Woking, 19 Mar. 1930)British; leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury 1891–2, 1895–1902, Prime Minister 1902–5, Foreign Secretary 1916–19; Earl 1922 The grandson on his mother's side of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, Balfour was educated at Eton and Trinity College ...
British soldiers patrol the streets of Jerusalem during a visit by Arthur James Balfour, a British Conservative politician, on April 2, 1925. The city's Arab residents were on strike as a protest against the Balfour Declaration, which supported plans for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. [Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images]
