Balfour

American

[bal-foor, -fer] / ˈbæl fʊər, -fər /

noun

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

Balfour British

/ ˈbælfɔː, -fə, -fʊə /

noun

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

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The move was confirmed in a statement from the education secretary, who was responding to a question from independent MSP Jeremy Balfour.

From BBC

Shetlander Helen Balfour is the assistant curator at the South Georgia Museum in Grytviken, one of the island's former whaling stations.

From BBC

The British tradition of Christian Zionism laid the foundation for the Balfour Declaration, and eventually the state of Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From 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.

From BBC

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