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Arthur Balfour
1848 – 1930 · aged 82
British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930)
- Born
- 25 Jul 1848 · Whittingehame
- Died
- 19 Mar 1930 · Woking
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 25 Jul 1848BornBorn in Whittingehame
- 1874 – 1880RoleMember of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1880 – 1885RoleMember of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1885RoleMember of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- 1885 – 1886RoleMember of the 23rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1886 – 1892RoleMember of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1886 – 1887RoleSecretary of State for Scotland
- 1887 – 1891RoleChief Secretary for Ireland
- 1887RoleMember of the Privy Council of Ireland
- 1891 – 1892RoleLeader of the House of Commons
- 1892 – 1895RoleMember of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1892 – 1895RoleLeader of the Opposition
- 1895 – 1905RoleLeader of the House of Commons
- 1895 – 1900RoleMember of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1900 – 1906RoleMember of the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1902 – 1911RoleLeader of the Conservative Party
- 1902 – 1903RoleLord Privy Seal
- 1902 – 1905RolePrime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1905 – 1906RoleLeader of the Opposition
- 1906 – 1911RoleLeader of the Opposition
- 1906 – 1910RoleMember of the 28th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1910RoleMember of the 29th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1910 – 1918RoleMember of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1915 – 1916RoleFirst Lord of the Admiralty
- 1916 – 1919RoleSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- 1916AwardOrder of Merit
- 1918 – 1922RoleMember of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1922 – 1930RoleMember of the House of Lords
- 1925 – 1929RoleLord President of the Council
- 1925AwardCross of Liberty 1st Division, 3rd Class
- 19 Mar 1930DiedDied in Woking
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1848 – 1930).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. He also later served as foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, from 1916 to 1919.
Balfour trained as a philosopher – he originated an argument against believing that human reason could determine truth – and was seen as having a detached attitude to life. Entering Parliament in 1874, Balfour achieved prominence as Chief Secretary for Ireland, in which position he suppressed agrarian unrest whilst taking measures against absentee landlords. He opposed Irish Home Rule, saying there could be no half-way house between Ireland remaining within the United Kingdom or becoming independent. From 1891 he led the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, serving under his uncle, Lord Salisbury, whose government won large majorities in 1895 and 1900. An esteemed debater, he was bored by the mundane tasks of party management.
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