Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour

Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (31 December 1902 – 28 November 1968), styled Viscount Traprain between 1930 and 1945, was a Scottish peer.

The Earl of Balfour
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
14 January 1945 – 28 November 1968
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byThe 2nd Earl of Balfour
Succeeded byThe 4th Earl of Balfour
Personal details
Born31 December 1902
Fishers Hill House, Hook Heath, Woking
Died28 November 1968(1968-11-28) (aged 65)
Spouse
Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough
(m. 1925)
Children4, including Gerald Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour
Parent(s)Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
Lady Betty Bulwer-Lytton
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Biography

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Balfour was the son of Gerald Balfour, a Member of Parliament, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Balfour (née Bulwer-Lytton), a daughter of the 1st Earl of Lytton. He was the nephew of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, and his father succeeded as Earl of Balfour in 1930. Robert was born on 31 December 1902 at his parent′s residence Fishers Hill House, Hook Heath, Woking,[1] and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Reserve and fought in the Second World War.

On 12 February 1925, he married Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough (1900–1981). They had four children:

From 1952 to 1954, he chaired the Royal Commission on Scottish Affairs, which as a result is also referred to as the Balfour Commission.

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References

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  1. ^ "Births". The Times. No. 36967. London. 2 January 1903. p. 1.
Masonic offices
Preceded by Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland

1939–1942
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Balfour
1945–1968
Succeeded by