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Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour
b.23 Dec 1925
d.27 Jun 2003
m. 12 Feb 1925
  1. Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour1925 - 2003
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Name Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Dec 1925
Death[1] 27 Jun 2003
Reference Number? Q2699204?


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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. He took part in the Second World War, in the Merchant Navy. A master mariner, he first served on . From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for East Lothian. 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.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.