Earldom of Balfour
Argent, on a Chevron engrailed between three Mullets Sable as many Otter's heads erased of the first.
Creation date	5 May 1922[1]
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Arthur Balfour
Present holder	Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour
Heir presumptive	Hon. Charles Balfour
Remainder to	Special remainder[2]
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Traprain
Status	Extant
Seat(s)	Burpham Lodge
Former seat(s)	Whittingehame House[3]
Motto	VIRTUS AD ÆTHERA TENDIT ("Virtue strives towards heaven")[1]

Earl of Balfour is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 forConservative politicianArthur Balfour,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 andForeign Secretary from 1916 to 1919.^[1]

The earldom was created with special remainder, failing male issue of his own, to:

1. his younger brother, the Right HonourableGerald William Balfour, and the heirs male of his body, failing which to
2. his nephewFrancis Cecil Campbell Balfour and the heirs male of his body, and failing which to
3. his nephew Oswald Herbert Campbell Balfour and the heirs male of his body.

The latter two were the sons of his deceased youngest brother Colonel Eustace James Anthony Balfour. Balfour was madeViscount Traprain, ofWhittingehame in theCounty of Haddington, at the same time as he was given the earldom. This title is also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was created with similar remainder.^[1]

Balfour never married, and was succeeded according to the special remainders by his younger brother Gerald, the second Earl. He was also a Conservative politician and notably served asChief Secretary for Ireland, asPresident of the Board of Trade and asPresident of the Local Government Board. This line of the family failed on the death of his grandson, thefourth Earl, in 2003. As of 2017^[update] the titles are held by his second cousin once removed, thefifth Earl. He is the grandson of the aforementioned Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, nephew of the first Earl.^[1]

The family seat is Burpham Lodge, nearArundel,Sussex.

• Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930)
• Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853–1945)
• Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902–1968)
• Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925–2003)
• Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour (born 1948)

Theheir presumptive is the present holder's brother, the Hon.^[a] Charles George Yule Balfour (born 1951).
The heir presumptive'sheir apparent is his son, George Eustace Charles Balfour (born 1991).

• Francis Maitland Balfour
• James Maitland Balfour

• Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• 1922 establishments in the United Kingdom
• Balfour family (Whittingehame)
• Noble titles created in 1922
• Peerages created for UK MPs
• Clan Balfour
• Peerages created for prime ministers of the United Kingdom
• Peerages created with special remainders

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Use dmy dates from April 2022
• Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2017
• All articles containing potentially dated statements