Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour
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Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (31 December 1902 – 28 November 1968) was the son of Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
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Robert was educated at Eton
and Trinity College, Cambridge
and on 12 February 1925, he married Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough and they had four children:
He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Reserve
and fought in the Second World War.
Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 2
Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour PC , known as Gerald Balfour until 1930, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
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Robert was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and on 12 February 1925, he married Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough and they had four children:
- Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of BalfourGerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of BalfourGerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour was the son of Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour and Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough. He married Natasha Georgina Anton, daughter of Captain George Anton, on 14 December 1956.Balfour was educated at Eton. He took part in the...
(1925–2003) - Lady Evelyn Jean Blanche Balfour (b. 22 March 1929)
- Lady Alison Emily Balfour (b. 16 November 1934)
- Hon. Andrew Maitland Balfour (1936–1948)
He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Naval Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
and fought in the Second World War.
Sources
Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 1Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 2