Earl of Balfour
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The title of Earl of Balfour was created in 1922 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for Arthur Balfour, the former Conservative prime minister. Lacking a male heir the title was created with a special remainder:
"to the Right Honourable Gerald William Balfour (a brother of the said Sir Arthur James Balfour) and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten; with remainder to Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour...(a nephew of the said Sir Arthur James Balfour), and...with remainder to Oswald Herbert Campbell Balfour, Esquire (another nephew of the said Sir Arthur James Balfour)"
On the first Earl's death the title followed this remainder to his brother and then with the failure of this line in 2003 to descendants of Francis Balfour.
The Earl holds the subsidiary title of Viscount Traprain, of Whittingehame in the County of Haddington, created at the same time and with the same remainder as the Earldom.
The family seat is Burpham Lodge, near Arundel, Sussex.
[edit] Earls of Balfour (1922)
- Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930)
- Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853-1945)
- Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902-1968)
- Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925-2003)
- Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (b. 1948)
The Heir Presumptive is his brother, Charles George Yule Balfour (b. 1951), followed by his son, George Eustace Charles Balfour (b. 1990)
