Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Encyclopedia : L : LO : LOR : Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in the County of Kinross, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1607 for the diplomat Sir Michael Balfour. The fifth Lord was attainted in 1715 for his role in the Jacobite rebellion of that year. In 1869 the attainder was reversed by Act of Parliament in favour of Alexander Hugh Bruce, a prominent Conservative politician. He was the great-great-grandson of Hon. Mary Balfour (d. 1758), sister of the fifth Lord, and her husband Brigadier-General Alexander Bruce.
Another member of the Balfour family was James Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Glenawley (in the Peerage of Ireland). He was the younger brother of the first Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
Lords Balfour of Burleigh (
- Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh (d. 1619)
- Margaret Balfour, 2nd Lady Balfour of Burleigh (d. 1639)
- John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (d. 1697)
- Robert Balfour, 4th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (d. 1713)
- Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (d. 1757) (forfeit 1715)
- Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (1849-1921) (restored 1869)
- George John Gordon Bruce, 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (1883-1967)
- Robert Bruce, 8th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (b. 1927)
Heiress-presumptive: His daughter Hon. Victoria Bruce, Mistress of Burleigh (b. 1973)
See also
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.