Balfour, John Blair [1st Baron Kinross]

Education

LL.D. 28.1.1885

Birth/childhood

Born 11.7.1837 2nd son of Peter Balfour, minister at Clackmannan, (who was nephew of Robert Balfour, architect, St Andrews) and Jane [Ramsay]/Janet Ramsay Blair.

Career

Studied at Edinburgh University - matriculated 1855-1856.

Advocate 1861. [Lawyer]

M.P. for Clackmannan 1880 - 1899. Lord Advocate 1881-1885, 1886 and 1892 - 1895. Lord President 1899. [Politician]

Created first Baron Kinross of Glasclune 1902.

Death

Died 22.1.1905.

Sources

  • DNB
  • Edin. Acad. Reg.