Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 113 portraits
Balfour first made his mark as a philosopher, publishing A Defence of Philosophic Doubt in 1879. He entered politics in 1874 through the patronage of his uncle, Lord Salisbury. He succeeded Salisbury as prime minister in 1902 but was unable to keep together a party divided by issues of Free Trade and Protectionism. He resigned in December 1905. During the First World War, he worked as First Lord of the Admiralty and, from 1916 to 1919, as Foreign Secretary. The Balfour Declaration of November 1917 gave British support to 'the establishment in Palestine of a home for the Jewish people'. Balfour continued in politics until the age of eighty: he had served for twenty-seven years as a member of the cabinet.
'Silver Wedding Presentation to the Speaker and Mrs Lowther'
by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 3 May 1911
NPG x135697
'"Silver Wedding" Presentation to the Speaker and Mrs Lowther from the House of Commons'
by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 3 May 1911
NPG x135698
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
halftone reproduction, circa 1913
NPG x183
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Vandyk
glass negative, 10 August 1916
NPG x29045
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39003
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Unknown photographer
platinum print
NPG Ax38789
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
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after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41936
Joe Chamberlain, Gladstone, Balfour, Harcourt et al
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after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41942
Arthur Balfour, Frederick Temple, Edward White Benson et al
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glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41949
Arthur Balfour, Joe Chamberlain, Viscount Chaplin et al
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glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41950
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