Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie (1698 - 1767) was later styled later Robert Balfour-Ramsay of Whitehill after his marriage Anne Ramsay on 3 June 1736.

He was a nobleman from Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

 and the son of George Balfour, 3rd of Balbirnie (1664 -1743) and Agnes Lumsdain (daughter of Rober Lumsdain of Strathvinny).

His wife Anne Ramsay was the daughter of Sir Andrew Ramsay of Whitehill, 4th Bart

They had seven children:

• John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie
  John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie
  John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie was a nobleman from Fife, Scotland. Son of Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie and Anne Ramsay of Kingsdale.He married Ellen Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Ellon....
  
   (1738 - ?) married Ellen Gordon (daughter of James Gordon of Ellon)
• George Balfour, later Ramsay, 15th of Whitehill (1740 - 1806)
• Andrew Balfour, later Ramsay, 16th of Whitehill (1741 - 1814)
• Robert Balfour (1742 - 1807)
• General James Balfour, 17th of Whitehill (1743 - 1823)
• William Balfour(1755 - 1793)
• Elizabeth Balfour (? -?) married Captain William Wardlaw