Gerald Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour

Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (23 December 1925 – 27 June 2003), styled Viscount Traprain between 1945 and 1968, was a Scottish peer.

Balfour was the son of Robert 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 Second World War, in the Merchant Navy. A master mariner, he first served on H.M.S. Conway. From 1960 to 1974, he was a County Councillor for East Lothian. In November 1968 he succeeded his father in the earldom.

References

• Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 692
• Announcements, The Daily Telegraph, London, U.K., 30 June 2003
• Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 172

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Balfour
• Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 1
• Judgments - Earl of Balfour (Appellant) v Keeper of The Registers of Scotland and Others (Respondents) (Scotland) part 2

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Balfour	Earl of Balfour 1968–2003	Succeeded by Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour