Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour

Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour

Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (31 December 1902–28 November 1968) was the son of Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour.

Robert was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge and on 12 February 1925, he married Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough and they had four children:

*Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour (1925–2003)
*Lady Evelyn Jean Blanche Balfour (b. 22 March 1929)
*Lady Alison Emily Balfour (b. 16 November 1934)
*Hon. Andrew Maitland Balfour (1936–1948)

He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Reserve and fought in the Second World War.


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