Balfour

[bal-foor, -fer]

noun

1. Arthur James 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848–1930, British statesman and writer: prime minister 1902–05.

Balfour

/ ˈbælfɔː, -fə, -fʊə /

noun

1. Arthur James , 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)

Example Sentences

Former Ford executive and digital consultant Adrian Balfour wrote in a note that he was “cautiously optimistic” about Tesla’s turnaround.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

During World War One, Britain invaded Palestine, driving out the Ottoman Turks, and it facilitated its promise for a Jewish homeland made in the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

Read more on BBC

Ballet dancer Lucy Balfour says she experienced great "joy" performing the contemporary pieces Ghost Dances while pregnant with her first child.

Read more on BBC

Jeremy Balfour was the latest to complain that more urban areas in the central belt were neglected, saying the party has few ideas for cities like Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Read more on BBC

Balfour said he did not believe the party was interested in tackling welfare reform "beyond blind slashing of budgets" which he said "will put those in most need at highest risk".

Read more on BBC