Arthur Balfour [SEP] father
born at Whittingehame House, East Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son of James Maitland Balfour (1820–1856) and Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil (1825–1872). His father was a Scottish MP, as was his grandfather James; his mother, a member of the Cecil family descended from Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was the daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and a sister to the 3rd Marquess, the future Prime Minister. His godfather was the Duke of Wellington, after whom he was named. He was
Reginald McKenna, Mr Winston Churchill, Mr Arthur Balfour, Sir Edward Carson, and Sir Eric Geddes,
- Sep 1917 - Jan 1919 Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Munitions,
- 1919-1920 Assistant Secretary (Additional), War Office and Air Ministry,
- 1920-1921 Joint Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour,
- 1921-1924 Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies,
- 1924 retired.
He was a member of the official side of the National Whitley Council for the