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James Balfour.
Scottish businessman, landowner and Tory politician (1790–1845)
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About James Balfour
James Balfour was a Scottish nabob who became a landowner and politician. The son of a prosperous and influential Scottish gentry family, he became a trader in India. Having made a fortune supplying the Royal Navy, he returned to Scotland to buy several landed estates, including Whittingehame in East Lothian where he built a classical mansion.
Everything about James Balfour →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1775
- Died
- April 19, 1845