Arthur Balfour
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 93 years ago |
Date of birth | July 25,1848 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Date of died | March 19,1930 |
Died | Fisher's Hill House |
Fishers Hill House | |
Woking | |
United Kingdom | |
Siblings | Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick |
Francis Maitland Balfour | |
Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour | |
Job | Politician |
Writer | |
Philosopher | |
Education | Trinity College |
Eton College | |
Nationality | British |
Party | Conservative Party |
Born | East Lothian Council |
United Kingdom | |
Previous position | Lord President of the Council of the United Kingdom (1925–1929) |
Nephew | Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour |
Grandparents | James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury |
Lady Eleanor | |
James Balfour | |
Frances Mary Gascoyne | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 424890 |
FOUNDATION OF BELIEF
Decadence: Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture
Theism and Thought: A Study in Familiar Beliefs
The Letters of Arthur Balfour and Lady Elcho, 1885-1917
Speeches on Zionism
Essays, Speculative and Political
Criticism and Beauty: A Lecture Rewritten . . .
Essays and Addresses
Against Home Rule: The Case for the Union
Theism and Thought: A Study in Familiar Beliefs, Being the Second Course of Gifford Lectures Delivered at the University of Glasgow, 1922-23
Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade
Arthur James Balfour as Philosopher and Thinker: A Collection of the More Important and Interesting Passages in His Non-political Writings, Speeches, and Addresses, 1879-1912
Nationality and Home Rule
Questionings on Criticism and Beauty
Lies and Replies
Balfour, Viviani and Joffre; Their Speeches and Other Public Utterances in America, and Those of Italian, Belgian and Russian Commissioners During the Great War; With an Account of the Arrival of Our Warships and Soldiers in England and France Under. . .
A Fragment on Progress: Inaugural Address Delivered on His Installation as Lord Rector of the University of Glasglow, Nov. 1891
Chapters of Autobiography
The Works of George Berkeley, D. D. , Bishop of Cloyne;; Volume 2
The Case Against Socialism: A Handbook for Speakers and Candidates, with Prefatory Letter by the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour
Francis Bacon; The Commemoration of His Tercentenary at Gray's Inn
Mr. Gladstone's Scotch Speeches: Being an Address Delivered at Edinburgh, Dec. 12, 1879 to the Conservative Working Men's Association
Lies and Replies - Scholar's Choice Edition
Imperial Defence; a Speech Delivered in the House of Commons, May 11, 1905 - Scholar's Choice Edition
The Mind of Arthur James Balfour: Selections from His Non-political Writings, Speeches, and Addresses, 1879-1917, Including Special Sections on America and Germany
Balfour, Viviani and Joffre; Their Speeches and Other Public Utterances in America, and Those of Italian, Belgian and Russian Commissioners During the Great War; With an Account of the Arrival of Our Warships and Soldiers in England and France Under...
Arthur Balfour Life story
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL, also known as Lord Balfour, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.
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David Cameron return comes with foreign policy baggage
By James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent, BBC News
David Cameron is not The First former Prime Minister to become Foreign Secretary .
Alec Douglas-Home left Downing Street in 1964 But returned to cabinet as Edward Heath 's Foreign Secretary in 1970. Arthur Balfour resigned as Prime Minister in 1905 But Lloyd-George made him Foreign Secretary in 1916.
Nor is the now Lord Cameron The First Foreign Secretary to hold The Post from The House of Lords - Margaret Thatcher made Lord Carrington her first Foreign Secretary .
So Lord Cameron comes to The Role with historical and constitutional precedent.
But he also comes with baggage. The political baggage I will leave to others.
Opposition MPs have already criticised his role in and the fact they will not be able to scrutinise the new Foreign Secretary in The House of Commons. Nor are Eurosceptic Tory MPs exactly dancing for joy.
But Lord Cameron also brings with him foreign policy baggage from his Time In Number 10.
He is The Man who; The Man who of closer relations between Britain and China, a policy now long abandoned; The Man who which brought down Muammar Gaddafi But left a near Failed State in its wake; The Man who after they used chemical weapons, a political failure that many believe opened The Way for Russia to play a bigger role in the Middle East .
So There is much for Lord Cameron's opponents, both At Home and abroad, to get their teeth into.
But Lord Cameron also brings political heft to The Foreign Office. He may be The Fourth Foreign Secretary in Four Years (and The Eighth since the Tories took office in 2010) But he is well known on The International stage.
He has relationships with key leaders that can be leveraged to Britain's gain. Lord Cameron may be seen by allies as a political grown up, someone with whom they can do business.
European leaders will remember Lord Cameron opened The Door to Brexit But also that he campaigned against it and much water has passed under the diplomatic bridge since 2016.
The bitterness of Brexit is beginning to dissipate and European nations are increasingly looking to rebuild bridges with the UK.
China hawks will worry too about Lord Cameron being Too Close to Beijing - financially and politically - But the government's policy of " protect, align and engage" with China is pretty settled - Laid down in the " integrated review refresh" of UK foreign policy published earlier this year.
Lord Cameron's first statement as Foreign Secretary was naturally hugely loyal, both to the Prime Minister and his predecessor in King Charles Street.
But will he use his undoubted political weight to shift UK foreign policy?
He has long been a friend of Israel But has in The Past been willing to be candid and critical too. He once referred to Gaza as a " giant open prison" and was willing as Prime Minister to urge Israel to restrain its military operations and do more to protect civilians.
One issue where he has strong views is development aid. He was the Prime Minister who legislated to ensure the UK always gave 0. 7% of its national income on foreign aid, a commitment Rishi Sunak cut to 0. 5%.
In his statement today, Lord Cameron pointedly chose to praise the UK's " aid and development capabilities as some of the finest assets of their kind anywhere in the world".
A First Test will come next week when The Foreign Office is expected to publish a White Paper setting out its Development Policy for The Next seven years.
So Lord Cameron's appointment comes with potential risks and benefits. One of his predecessors in Downing Street, Lord Rosebery, once said having a former Prime Minister in cabinet was " a fleeting and dangerous luxury".
Mr Sunak, the Conservative Party and the rest of the country are about to find out if that is true.
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