Harold Balfour

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Captain Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1897 - 1988) was a Conservative politician. As Under-Secretary of State for Air in 1944 he was instrumental in the establishment of London Heathrow Airport.

Balfour was a pilot and trainer with the Royal Flying Corps, also working as a journalist. He was private secretary and Aide-de-camp to Sir J Salmond 1921-22 and temporary ADC to Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for Air, 1923.

He contested Stratford without success in 1924 and was elected in 1929 as Member of Parliament for Isle of Thanet. He served in the Air ministry from 1938 and was Minister Resident in West Africa, 1944-45. He left Parliament in 1945.

External links

[Biographic entry at The Aerodrome]
[Biographic entry] at [Janus]

References

Harold Balfour, Wings Over Westminster, Hutchinson (1973), ISBN 0091143705
Harold Balfour, An airman marches: early flying adventures, Hutchinson (1933)
Harold Balfour, An airman marches: early flying adventures, Greenhil (1985) Abridged ed

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