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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour and Gerald William Balfour 2nd Earl of...

Catalogue reference: PRO 30/60

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PRO 30/60

Papers of A J Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland, March 1887 to October 1891; and of his brother G W Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland, June 1895 to October 1900, and as President of the Board of Trade and President of the Local...

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PRO 30/60

Title
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour and Gerald William Balfour 2nd Earl of Balfour: Papers
Date

1880-1907

Description

Papers of A J Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland, March 1887 to October 1891; and of his brother G W Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland, June 1895 to October 1900, and as President of the Board of Trade and President of the Local Government Board, October 1900 to December 1905.

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Separated material

Many of Gerald Balfour's papers relating to Ireland remain at Whittinghame, his family home in Scotland, together with the personal correspondence of Arthur Balfour. They may be seen by arrangement with the National Register of Archives, Scotland.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Not Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930
  • Balfour, Gerald William, 1853-1945
Physical description

54 box(es)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Ireland
Personal and family papers
Local Government
Custodial history

The A J Balfour papers were part of the Balfour Papers deposited by Lord Balfour in 1947 with the British Museum. On examination it was felt that those relating to the Irish Secretaryship would be more properly associated with the G W Balfour papers, and they were accordingly transferred to the Public Record Office in 1963. The papers of G W Balfour, who became the 2nd Earl Balfour, had meanwhile been presented to the Public Record Office in accordance with his own wishes in 1940.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12006/

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