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Arthur James Balfour Biography

Title:

Former Secretary of the British Admiralty

Position:

Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"

Reasoning:

Read the 1917 Balfour Declaration

Involvement and Affiliations:

First Earl of Viscount Traprain, since 1922
Served twice in the Cabinet Post of Lord President of the Council, 1919–22, 1925–29
President of the British Academy, 1921
England’s Foreign Secretary, 1916
Succeeded Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1915
Prime Minister of England, 1902-1905
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1904
President of the Society for Psychic Research, 1894
Secretary for Scotland and then Chief Secretary for Ireland in the Second Salisbury Ministry, 1886–1892
Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury, 1891
Entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Hertford, 1891

Education:

Educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge

Other:

Born: 1848
Deceased: 1930