John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie
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John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie (1738–1833)
John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie was a nobleman from Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Son of Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie
Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie
Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie was later styled later Robert Balfour-Ramsay of Whitehill after his marriage Anne Ramsay on 3 June 1736....
and Anne Ramsay of Kingsdale.
He married Ellen Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Ellon.
He lived at Balbirnie House
Balbirnie House
Balbirnie House is an early 19th-century country house in Glenrothes, in central Fife, Scotland. The present house was completed in 1817 as a rebuild of an 18th-century building, itself a replacement for a 17th-century dwelling. The home of the Balfour family from 1640, the house was sold in 1969...
, Fife, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
Children
He had three sons and two daughter:- General Robert Balfour 6th of Balbirnie (1762 - 31 October 1837)
- ? Balfour
- James Balfour (?- Apr 1845) (grandfather of the British Prime Minister Arthur BalfourArthur BalfourArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...
) - Elizabeth Balfour (? - 6 Jun 1844) m. (08.08.1794) Sir Archibald Campbell of Succoth, 2nd Bart (d 23.07.1846)
- Anne Balfour of Kingsdale