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miles from the Scottish capital. Mr. Balfour's grandfather, a cadet of the old Pifeshire family, the Balfours of Balbimie, bought the property just one hundred years' ago with a part of a great fortune he had acquired in India. Mr. Balfour succeeded to the estate on the death of his father in 1856, and spent all his earliest years there. He is sixty-nine years old and a bachelor. In 1874 Mr. Balfour was elected a member of the House of Commons, and for a time was an a? rather than a follower, of the late Lord Kandolph Churchill.? He held several offices of more or less importance between the years 1878 and 1887. In 1885 and 1886 he was president of the local government board, and before then he had been private secretary to his uncle, Lord Sal■.-■'.•■.■■ when the latter was secretary of state for foreign affairs. The offices which Mr. Balfour held, however, were not of a character to give opportunity for the display of his peculiar abilities. Nevertheless, his record, poiiucal and otherwise, was a brilliant one, culminating in his appointment in 1886 to I the much coveted position of Lord Rector of St. Andrew's university, but his health was very bad, and it seemed to his friends that he was doomed to an early death. Mr. Balfour's slight, thin, over-tall frame, drawn features and incipient I stoop, tell their own tale. Uniii, with his doctor's encouragement, he tried the experiment of continuous work at high nervous pressure, it was an open question whether he, too, like many of his relatives, would not be faced every winter by the alternative—death or exile in Egypt. It was at this time that Mr. Balfour's physician told him that he must find some occupation that would absorb all his energies, that would give him an intense interest in his work. The following year he found such an opportunity. He was appointed, at the height of the land league agitation, chief secretary for Ireland, and the manner in which he filled that office is still one of the traditions of the house of commons. He held the chief secretaryship for four years, and in 1891 he was appointed government leader in the house of commons. His subsequent political activities, including his tenure of the premiership, are matters of comparatively recent history.
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Original index title | Northwest History. World War 1. United States. |
Newspaper | Aberdeen Daily World ; 1917-04-23 |
Title | Arthur J. Balfour |
Description | ARTHUR J. BALFOUR. Arthur J. Balfour, former British premier, now head of the British delegation here for war conference, is not only a distinguished Englishman but somewhat of a unique figure in English public life. He was a protege of Gladstone's. His mother was Lord Salisbury's sister and his father a wealthy Scotchman. His university record was distinguished and his public life has been distinguished, despite the fact that when he began it, the general prophecy was that he would fail. In university life, he was a leader of an ultra-cultured set, and was known as an original thinker. Gladstone said once that Balfour and Lord Roseberry were the only two' young men of England who bought books. Balfour's library is one of the, most extensive private collections in, England, and he knows what the books in it contain. He has not, however, published much. His leading work, "Defense of Philosophic Doubt" published in 1879, remains his most important literary contribution. Mr. Balfour possesses two marked qualities that have furnished shining targets for the political cartoonist throughout his public career. These are his languidness and his modesty. The first is probably more, appiarent than real and doubtless is due to the poor health which he suffered through all.of his ea> however, is j genuine. When he first appeared in public life he was described as a lounging, effeminal nered young man, who toyed with a $cented handkerchief as he sprawled supine over the treasury bench. : In the opinion of his opponents he was a "perfumed popinjay." They christened him, as schoolboys christen a mollycoddle, "Miss Balfour" and "Nancy" and "Lucy." They accused him of lying abed until noon, reading French novels, and spending his evening playing the piano and singing sentimental songs. It is needless to say that Mr. Balfour soon undeceived his critics..Mr. Balfour was born and still makes his home at Whittinghame, a fine and extensive e.- upwards of twenty farms, sit; bed 11 one of the best and most fertile districts of Scotland. It is about six miles from Haddington, the county town, world-famous as the birthplace of John Knox, and about twenty-three |
Subject Keys | ARTHUR J. BALFOUR ; British premier ; British delegation ; war conference ; Englishman |
Date.Original | 1917-04-23 |
Resource Identifier | nws-s-26-240 |
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Northwest, Pacific -- History --20th Century World War 1. |
Resource Type | Text |
Genre | Clippings |
Source | Northwest History World War 1 Box 26 |
Language | English |
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Full-Text | ARTHUR J. BALFOUR. Arthur J. Balfour, former British premier, now head of the British delegation here for war conference, is not only a distinguished Englishman but somewhat of a unique figure in English public life. He was a protege of Gladstone's. His mother was Lord Salisbury's sister and his father a wealthy Scotchman. His university record was distinguished and his public life has been distinguished, despite the fact that when he began it, the general prophecy was that he would fail. In university life, he was a leader of an ultra-cultured set, and was known as an original thinker. Gladstone said once that Balfour and Lord Roseberry were the only two' young men of England who bought books. Balfour's library is one of the, most extensive private collections in, England, and he knows what the books in it contain. He has not, however, published much. His leading work, "Defense of Philosophic Doubt," published in 1879, remains his most important literary contribution. Mr. Balfour possesses two marked qualities that have furnished shining targets for the political cartoonist throughout his public career. These are his languidness and his modesty. The first is probably more, appiarent than real and doubtless is due to the poor health which he suffered through all .of his ea> however, is j genuine. When he first appeared in public life he was described as a lounging, effeminal nered young man, who toyed with a $cented handkerchief as he sprawled supine over the treasury bench. : In the opinion of his opponents he was a "perfumed popinjay." They christened him, as schoolboys christen a mollycoddle, "Miss Balfour" and "Nancy" and "Lucy." They accused him of lying abed until noon, reading French novels, and spending his evening playing the piano and singing sentimental songs. It is needless to say that Mr. Balfour soon undeceived his critics. .Mr. Balfour was born and still makes his home at Whittinghame, a fine and extensive e.- upwards of twenty farms, sit; bed 11 one of the best and most fertile districts of Scotland. It is about six miles from Haddington, the county town, world-famous as the birthplace of John Knox, and about twenty-three |
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Original index title | 240-back |
Resource Type | Text |
Genre | Clippings |
Language | English |
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Full-Text | miles from the Scottish capital. Mr. Balfour's grandfather, a cadet of the old Pifeshire family, the Balfours of Balbimie, bought the property just one hundred years' ago with a part of a great fortune he had acquired in India. Mr. Balfour succeeded to the estate on the death of his father in 1856, and spent all his earliest years there. He is sixty-nine years old and a bachelor. In 1874 Mr. Balfour was elected a member of the House of Commons, and for a time was an a? rather than a follower, of the late Lord Kandolph Churchill.? He held several offices of more or less importance between the years 1878 and 1887. In 1885 and 1886 he was president of the local government board, and before then he had been private secretary to his uncle, Lord Sal■.-■'.•■.■■ when the latter was secretary of state for foreign affairs. The offices which Mr. Balfour held, however, were not of a character to give opportunity for the display of his peculiar abilities. Nevertheless, his record, poiiucal and otherwise, was a brilliant one, culminating in his appointment in 1886 to I the much coveted position of Lord Rector of St. Andrew's university, but his health was very bad, and it seemed to his friends that he was doomed to an early death. Mr. Balfour's slight, thin, over-tall frame, drawn features and incipient I stoop, tell their own tale. Uniii, with his doctor's encouragement, he tried the experiment of continuous work at high nervous pressure, it was an open question whether he, too, like many of his relatives, would not be faced every winter by the alternative—death or exile in Egypt. It was at this time that Mr. Balfour's physician told him that he must find some occupation that would absorb all his energies, that would give him an intense interest in his work. The following year he found such an opportunity. He was appointed, at the height of the land league agitation, chief secretary for Ireland, and the manner in which he filled that office is still one of the traditions of the house of commons. He held the chief secretaryship for four years, and in 1891 he was appointed government leader in the house of commons. His subsequent political activities, including his tenure of the premiership, are matters of comparatively recent history. |
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