Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye

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Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye ( December 21, 1924 - April 14, 2013 ) was a British peer , politician and composer .

Life

Ian Balfour was born to Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1897-1988) and his first wife Diana Blanche Harvey († 1982), daughter of Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2, Baronet Grenville. His father Harold Balfour was a politician for the Conservative Party from 1929 to 1945, MP of the House of Commons for the constituency of Isle of Thanet . In 1945 Harold Balfour was raised as a peer to the nobility. Ian Balfour inherited the title of Baron Balfour of Inchrye after the death of his father on September 21, 1988 .

He attended Eton College in Berkshire, England . During World War II he served in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1945 . After retiring from military service, he studied at Magdalen College of Oxford University .

Balfour worked as a business advisor .

He was active as a composer , but remained largely undiscovered as a composer. He wrote a total of nine operas , six symphonies , chamber music (concertos for viola, for violoncello, for violin and violoncello and for clarinet), as well as various vocal and orchestral works. His compositions include: Two Pieces for Strings (world premiere; Haifa 1976), In Memoriam II (for oboe, string orchestra, harp and percussion; world premiere: Dublin 1982), Suite No 1 for Cello Solo (for solo cello; Edinburgh and London 1986) and Oxford Memories (Oxford and London 1996). At the turn of the millennium in 2000 he wrote the composition Millennium Surprise (for orchestra), which was performed in 2000 in Oxford , Eszterhaza Castle , Hanover , Leipzig , Moscow and Prague , among others .

Balfour made a name for himself in particular as a connoisseur of precious stones and valuable treasures . In 1987 he published the reference work Famous Diamonds , which appeared in several editions (5th edition, 2008). In the book, Balfour featured around 80 of the world's most famous diamonds, including the Koh-i-Noor , Hope , Cullinan, and Taylor-Burton diamonds .

Membership in the House of Lords

Having inherited the title of Baron of Balfour of Inchrye, Balfour became an official member of the House of Lords on September 21, 1988 . He was a crossbencher in the House of Lords . On March 15, 1990 Balfour first took part in a parliamentary session in the House of Lords. He gave his inaugural address on February 25, 1991. The Hansard documents speeches made by Balfour between 1991 and 1999. In June 1999, he last spoke in the House of Lords. His membership in the House of Lords ended in 1999 with the House of Lords Act 1999 .

Private

In November 1953 he married Josephine Maria Jane Bernard (1934-2007), the daughter of Morogh Wyndham Percy Bernard and Diana Pearl Dundas. The marriage resulted in a daughter, Roxane (* 1955). Due to the lack of male offspring, the peerage expired with Balfour's death.

His personal interests included reading, walking and hiking, cricket (as an active athlete), and soccer .

2003 Balfour was domiciled in Walberswick in the county of Suffolk . According to his family, he died "peacefully" at the age of 88.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The Rt Hon BALFOUR OF INCHRYE obituary in: The Times, April 19, 2013
  2. ↑ Harold Harington Baron Balfour of Inchrye , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/1964 of February 3, 1964, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  3. ↑ a b c d Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye 1924-2013 , accessed April 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ The Rt Hon Lord Balfour of Inchrye  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography with Debretts; last accessed on April 23, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.debretts.com  
  6. ↑ Yoxford: Top performers flock to village's annual arts festival ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: East Anglian on August 16, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eadt.co.uk
  7. ↑ Famous Diamonds (description of contents)
  8. ↑ Preamble (Protocol: Lord Balfour of Inchrye — Sat first in Paliament after the death of his father)
  9. ^ Hospital Beds for the Mentally Ill Lords Wording of the February 25, 1991 speech
predecessor Office successor
Harold Balfour Baron Balfour of Inchrye
1988-2013 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Balfour, Ian, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1924
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2013