Person:Robert Balfour (4)

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Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour
b.31 Dec 1902
d.28 Nov 1968
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  1. Lady Eve Balfour1899 - 1990
  2. Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour1902 - 1968
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m. 12 Feb 1925
  1. Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour1925 - 2003
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Name Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour
Gender Male
Birth[1] 31 Dec 1902
Marriage 12 Feb 1925 to Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough
Death[1] 28 Nov 1968
Reference Number? Q7341832?


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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.

Balfour was the son of Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, and the nephew of Arthur Balfour. He 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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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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