Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
(1848-1930), Prime Minister and philosopher20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 140 portraits
Born at Whittingehame House, East Lothian and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge; 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, as a Conservative member for Hertford; succeeded Salisbury as Prime Minister in 1902 but was unable to keep together a party divided by issues of Free Trade and Protectionism and resigned in 1905; during the First World War he worked as First Lord of the Admiralty and, from 1916 to 1919, as Foreign Secretary; Balfour continued in politics until the age of eighty, having served for twenty-seven years as a member of the cabinet.
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1902
NPG x197713
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide postcard print, 1902
NPG x197717
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Lafayette, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
postcard print, 1902
NPG x198168
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1903
NPG x45401
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81437
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81438
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81439
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81441
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81442
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81443
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x81444
'King Edward & His Empire Builders'
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197883
'Luncheon party at the House of Commons'
by Sir John Alexander Cockburn
platinum print, 9 July 1907
NPG x89004
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135013
'Visit of French Senators and Deputies and their Wives to the Houses of Parliament'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1908
NPG x135015
'Visit of French Senators and Deputies and their Wives to the Houses of Parliament'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1908
NPG x135016
'Visit of French Members of Parliament to the Houses of Parliament'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1908
NPG x135017
'Visit of French Members of Parliament to the Houses of Parliament'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1908
NPG x135018
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135569
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
probably by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135567
Related People
- Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (brother)
- Eustace James Balfour (brother)
- Lady Evelyn ('Eve') Barbara Balfour (niece)
- Eleanor ('Nora') Mildred Sidgwick (née Balfour) (sister)
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