Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Arthur James Balfour, First Earl Balfour, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., P.C. (25 July, 1848 – 19 March, 1930) was a British Unionist statesman and philosopher, who in an unrivalled period of twenty-seven years in Cabinet served as Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905, Foreign Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons, and Chief Secretary for Ireland.
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Bibliography
- Adams, R. J. Q. (2007). Balfour: The Last Grandee. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-5424-7.
- Mackay, Ruddock F. (1985). Balfour: Intellectual Statesman. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-212245-2.
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Preceded by Winston S. Churchill |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1915 – 1916 |
Succeeded by Sir Edward Carson |