BALFOUR (Earl Arthur James, 1848-1930, Prime Minister, 1902-1905)

Fine Typed Letter Signed marked ‘private’ to Miss E. M. Leaf saying that “there is no doubt that the question is one of importance, and I have been in correspondence about it with one or two people who may be able to assist in the matter by advice or otherwise. I may add that I have forwarded your letter to the Central Committee...”, 1 sie 4to., Whittingehame, Scotland, 6th October

Balfour resigned as party leader in 1911 and returned as First Lord of the Admiralty in Asquith's Coalition Government (1915–1916). In December 1916, he became foreign secretary in David Lloyd George's coalition. He was frequently left out of the inner workings of foreign policy, although the Balfour Declaration on a Jewish homeland bore his name

Item Date:  1914

Stock No:  42718      £150

             Add to Wish List     Order/Enquire