Balfour
Balfour is a Scottish surname, originally from lands in Fife.
The name is most associated with Arthur Balfour, British Prime Minister (1902–1905), whose 1917 Balfour Declaration expressed support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine—a document central to the history of Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Advocacy for Hebrew homeland
- PalestineLevantine coastal region
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- homelandOne's native land
- JewishOf a Semitic people
British · 1917 · Arab · Ottoman · Lloyd George · partition · promise · letter
Classic male name
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- ConservativeRight-leaning party supporter
- Foreign SecretaryUK cabinet diplomat chief
- WestminsterLondon's political center
Ireland · philosopher · aristocrat · politician · cabinet · Tory · Victorian · Edwardian
Zionism
Advocacy for Hebrew homeland
Jewish · British · 1917 · Arab · Ottoman · Lloyd George · partition · promise · letter · Rothschild
Arthur
Classic male name
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- ConservativeRight-leaning party supporter
- Foreign SecretaryUK cabinet diplomat chief
Westminster · Ireland · philosopher · aristocrat · politician · cabinet · Tory · Victorian · Edwardian · British
Scottish
Of that northern kingdom
heritage · lineage · family · descent · bloodline · kinship · patronymic · forebears · Arthur · peerage
BalfourGladstone
Anglo-Saxon hereditary name
socialist · Lloyd George · radical · Labour
BalfourLloyd George
WWI British premier
Winston Churchill · firebrand · populist · demagogue · man of the people
- Balfour DeclarationLetter backing Jewish state