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James Maitland Balfour
b.5 Jan 1820
d.23 Feb 1856
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Name James Maitland Balfour
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Jan 1820
Marriage to Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil
Death[1] 23 Feb 1856
Reference Number? Q6138831?


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James Maitland Balfour (5 January 1820 – 23 February 1856) was a Scottish land-owner and businessman. He made a fortune in the 19th-century railway boom, and inherited a significant portion of his father's great wealth.

He was a Conservative Member of Parliament in the 1840s, and was the father of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 James Maitland Balfour, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.