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Arthur Balfour
British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG OM PC (25 July 1848 ā 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905.
Quick Facts Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Preceded by ...
The Earl of Balfour | |
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
In office 11 July 1902 ā 5 December 1905 | |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Succeeded by | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
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Born | (1848-07-25)25 July 1848 Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland |
Died | 19 March 1930(1930-03-19) (aged 81) Woking, Surrey, England |
Political party | Conservative |
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He was minister of Foreign Affairs from 1916 to 1919. In this capacity he wrote the so-called Balfour Declaration in 1917.
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