The Genealogy of the Balfour Family.

 

Alexander Balfour of Inchrye. Born 1470. Died before 1518 aged between forty and fifty. In charge of the King's cellar (Master of the Cellar) 1499 and 1501. King James IV gave him in lease a tack of Inchrye, near Denmylne in 1502. Confirmed in feu ferme 1510. Married, probably early in 16th century, Janet Wemyss.    
A. David Balfour of Powis. Born c.1500. Died 1580. Succeeded to Inchrye. Married first, before 1526, Katherine Abercrombie (born 1500, dvu 1558), daughter of Thomas Abercrombie, Burgess of Montrose, of the house of Murthly.    
  1. David Balfour.    
  2. Richard Balfour.    
  3. Harie Balfour. Died 1588.    
    a.

Jerome Balfour.

   
    b.

John Balfour.

   
    c.

James Balfour.

   
    d.

Peter Balfour.

   
  4. Rev James Balfour. Born 1540. Died Inverkeithing 1 May 1613. Minister of Guthrie, Forfarshire 1566. Minister of St Giles, Edinburgh, 1589. Married first, 1575, his cousin Barbara Melville (died 1613), daughter of Rev Richard Melville of Baldovie, Minister of Maryton, born 1522, died 1575 (son of Richard Melville of Baldovie, killed at Pinkie 1547 (son of Melville of Dysart) by Giles Abercrombie who died ca 1557 and was a daughter of Thomas Abercrombie, Burgess of Montrose) by Isabell Srymgeour, sister of the Laird of Glaswell.    
    a.

Nicholas Balfour. Born 1578.

    
    b.

James Balfour. Born c.1581.

    
    c.

Rev Andrew Balfour. Born ca 1587. Died 7 July 1624. Minister of Kirknewtown, 1587-1624. Married Isobel Arnot.

    
      aa.

James Balfour. Born 1619. Advocate. Married 1645 Bridget (Beatrice) Chalmers.

    
        I.

Bridget Balfour. Born Edinburgh 1648.

    
        II.

Helen Balfour. Born Edinburgh 1650.

    
        III.

James Balfour. Born Edinburgh 1652. Died 1703. Governor of Darien Company in which he invested and lost a fair amount. Married 23 June 1679 Helen Smith, dau of Robert Smith and Elizabeth Hope. Helen married second, 1712, William Cochrane Jr of Rochsoles.

    
          i.

Mary Balfour. Born 1680. Died before 1702.

    
          ii.

James Balfour 1st of Pilrig. Born 1681. Died 3 February 1737. Bought Pilrig 1718. Married, 10 September 1704, Louisa Hamilton (born 1686; died 1750).

   JB
LH
            (A)

James Balfour 2nd of Pilrig. Born Riddle's Close, Leith 1705. Died 6 March 1795. Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy. Painted by Stavely 1790. Married, August 1737, Cecilia Elphinstone (born 1705; died 1780). She became blind.

    
              (a)

James Balfour. Born 1738. Died 1755 aged seventeen.

   
              (b)

John ("Jack") Balfour 3rd of Pilrig. Born 1740. Died 17 February 1814. Married c.1772 Jean Whytt (born 1750; died 20 November 1833).

    
                (I)

James Balfour, 4th of Pilrig. Born 7 January 1774. Died 20 March 1860. Married 1806 Anne Mackintosh (born 1787; died 29 June 1825), dau of Captain John Mackintosh.

    
                  (i)

Margaret Balfour. Born 1807. Died 27 January 1860. Married Rev John Paul (born 12 March 1796, died 18 May 1873).

    
                    aaa.

Rev William Paul. Minister of Whitekirk.   Born 16 September 1832. Died 25 September 1866.

    
                    bbb.

James Balfour Paul, Lyon King at Arms. Born 16 November 1846. Died 15 September 1931. Married Helen Margaret Forman (died 20 December 1929), dau of J N Forman of Staffs.

    
                      1. John William Balfour Paul. Born 4 June 1873. Died 23 April 1957. Married Muriel Cassels Monteith (died 13 April 1964).    
                      2. Arthur Forman Balfour Paul. Born August 1875. Died 6 March 1938. Married Jane Montgomery Fleming (died 3 December 1940).    
                        a. Grizel Graeme Balfour Paul.    
                      3. Cuthbert Balfour Paul, MD. Born 20 March 1910. Died 28 May 1930.    
                      4. Millicent Jane Balfour Paul. Married Alfred Stevenson Balfour.    
                  (ii)

John Balfour. Born 1808. Died 1811.

    
                  (iii)

James Balfour. Born 1810. Died 1811.

    
                  (iv)

John Mackintosh Balfour-Melville. Born 1811. Died 22 September 1893. Married Annie Rainy (born 1820; died 17 December 1891), dau of Prof Harry Rainy.

    
                    aaa.

Anne Mackintosh Balfour. Born 1845. Died 1881. Married 1869 Charles A Cunningham, later Major-General.

    
                      1. Annie Caroline Cunningham. Married Major Hon Horace Davey, 18th Hussars.    
                        a. Dorothy Anne Davey.    
                        b. Horace Balfour Davey.    
                        c. Charles George Cunningham Davey.    
                        d. Francis Gordon Davey.    
                      2. Vera Harriet Cunningham. Born 1876. Married Major George Hessing Geddes, RFA.    
                      3. Esme Cunningham. Born 1880.    
                    bbb.

Barbara Gordon Balfour-Melville. Born 1846.

    
                    ccc.

Margaret Jane Balfour-Melville. Born 1849. Died 30 July 1941.

    
                  (v)

Jane Balfour. Born 1812. Died 14 May 1842.

    
                  (vi)

James Balfour-Melville. Born 1815. Died 1898. Married Eliza Ogilvy Maitland-Heriot (died 1897), dau of James Heriot.

    
                    aaa.

James Heriot Balfour-Melville. Born 1845. Died 1913. Married 1878 Mary Louisa Dundas (died 1930), dau of Sir David Dundas of Dunira, Bt.

    
                      1. Evan Whyte Melville Balfour-Melville. Born 1887. Died 1963.    
                    bbb.

Frederick Maitland Balfour. Born 1847. Died 1907. Married Sarah Hillard (born 1847; died 1917).

    
                      1. Irene Edith Maitland Balfour. Born 1881. Died 1970. Married Charles Maxwell Hillard (born 1909, died 1934).    
                        a. Joan Constance Maxwell. Born 1911.    
                        b. Daphne Irene Maxwell. Born 1913. Married Richard Frederick Henniker.    
                      2. Lillian Constance Mary Balfour. Born 1883. Died 1949.    
                    ccc.

Francis Douglas Balfour. Born 1847. Died 1859.

    
                    ddd.

John Elphinston Balfour. Born 1849. Died 1928.

    
                    eee.

Robert Andrew Agnew Balfour-Melville. Born 1849. Died 1942. Married 1891 Frances Janetta Campbell (died 1947), dau of Rev Dr Campbell.

   
                      1. Francis Ogilvie Balfour-Melville. Born 1892. Died 1923.    
                      2. James Leslie Balfour-Melville. Born 1895. Married Catherine Ethel Macvean (died 1963).    
                        a. Margaret Balfour-Melville. Born 1928. Married Bryan Robert Wardle. Four children.    
                        b. A daughter. Married Ian Wesley Jackson.    
                          i. A child. Married _____ Piggott.    
                          ii. A child.    
                          iii. A child.    
                      3. Mary Balfour-Melville. Born 1895. Died 1895.    
                    fff.

Leslie Melville Balfour-Melville. Born 9 March 1854. Died 16 July 1937. Married 1873 Jeannie Amelia ("Jane") Wilson (died 1890), dau of Dr Wilson.

    
                      1. John Inglis Balfour-Melville. Born 1881. Died 1963. Married Emily Frances Haig (died 1958).    
                        a. Rosalinde Balfour-Melville. Born 1908.    
                        b. Ronald Leslie Balfour-Melville. Born 1910. Married first Sheila Dundas Lawrie.    
                          i. A child. Married _____ MacGregor.    
                          Ronald married second Elizabeth Jane Waterhouse.    
                      2. James Elliot Balfour-Melville. Born 9 July 1882. Died 25 September 1915. Married Harriet Maud Carey (died 1965).    
                    ggg.

Emma Constance Balfour-Melville. Born 1857. Died 1941.

    
                    hhh.

Elliot Southesk Balfour-Melville. Born 1860. Died 1912.

    
                  (vii)

Anne Balfour. Born 1816. Died 16 May 1842.

    
                  (viii)

Robert Balfour.  Born 1818. Died 14 August 1869. Director, Edinburgh Academy. Married Frances ("Fanny") Grace Blaikie (born Aberdeen 22 October 1821; died 1891).

   
                    aaa. Jane Garden Balfour. Born 1850. Died 1905.    
                    bbb. James Francis Balfour. Born 1851. Died 14th August 1869.    
                    ccc. Annie Louisa Balfour. Born 1853.    
                    ddd. Robert John Balfour. Born 15th March 1856. Died 1891 1921. Married 1889 Frances Alice Learoyd.    
                      1. Claude Malcolm Balfour. Born 1890. Married Millicent ______.    
                    eee. Frances ("Shaddie") Elizabeth Balfour. Born 1858.    
                    fff. Edith Balfour. Born 30th August 1860. Married 1897 Frederick Jones (born 1860; died 1930).    
                      1. Frances Harriet Jones. Born 1898. Died 1932.    
                      2. Eleanor Jones. Born 1899. Married 1927 Professor Herbert ("Hopper") Hopkins, pathologist. They lived in Adelaide, Australia.    
                        a. John Oxley Hopkins. Born 1928. Married 1959 Jane Margaret Sharp.    
                          i. Susanna Hopkins.    
                          ii. Charles Hopkins.    
                          iii. Emma Louise Hopkins. Born 1960.    
                        b. Jean Oxley Hopkins, MRCS. Born 1930. Married 1954 J David W Hunter, MA, BM, BCh, a GP in East Grinstead.    
                          i. James Bowman Hunter. Born 1959.    
                      3. Maud Edith Jones. Born 1900. Died 1932. Married Jo ("Percy") Fielding. No issue.    
                      4. Frederick Balfour Jones. Born 17th November 1904. Died 1953. Married 1945 Constance ______ and had a daughter.    
                    ggg. William Adrian Alexander Balfour. Born 1864. Chartered accountant.    
                    hhh. Margaret Ida Balfour, MD, CBE. Born 1866. Died unmarried 1st December 1945.    
                  (ix)

Lewis Balfour. Born and died 1820.

    
                (II)

Robert Balfour. Born 1774. Died 13 November 1782.

    
                (III)

John Balfour. Born 1776. Died 17 December 1859. Married first Helen Buchanon (died 1816).

    
                  (i)

John Balfour. Born 1811. Died 1876. Married Agnes Boyle.

    
                    aaa. Mary Balfour. Married Edgar Frusher.    
                  (ii)

Thomas Graham Balfour. Born 18 March 1813. Died 17 January 1891. Married Georgina Prentice Anderson (born 1820).

    
                    aaa. Sir Graham Balfour. Born 2 February 1858. Died 26 October 1929. Married Rhoda Brooke (born 1869, died 1957).    
                      1. Neville Balfour. Died 1908.    
                      2. Gilbert Graham Balfour. Born 1899. Died 1975. Married Jean Halsey (born 1901, died 1990).    
                        a. A daughter. Married Living Wood (male). Three children.    
                        b. Living Balfour.    
                      3. Prof Michael Leonard Graham Balfour. Born 22 November 1908. Died 16 September 1995. Married Ethel Grizel Wilson. Three children.    
                  (iii)

Buchanon Balfour. Born 1816. Married Frances ("Fanny") E. Hazell (born 1821).

    
                    aaa. Jane H R Balfour. Born 1845.    
                    bbb. Marion Balfour. Born c.1851. Married Charles Hutchings (born 1850) from Thorverton, Devon. He was a tanner living at Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Cheshire.    
                      1. Charles Graham Balfour Hutchings. Born 1876. Married Beatrice Mary Layton (born 1879).    
                        a. John Graham Balfour Hutchings.    
                        b. Geoffrey Balfour Hutchings.    
                        c. Jean Balfour Hutchings. Married Claud William Carpenter Turner.    
                          i. Ann Carpenter Turner.    
                          ii. Peter Carpenter Turner. Married Kathleen Stephanie Fiona Lucas.    
                            A. Mark Carpenter Turner.    
                        d. Ben Leigh Balfour Hutchings.    
                      2. John Balfour Hutchings. Born 1878.    
                      3. Margaret Balfour Hutchings. Born 1879.    
                      4. Dorothy Balfour Hutchings. Born 1881.    
                    ccc. Hugh J Balfour. Born 1863.    
                  John married second Roberta Gordon (born 1795, died 28 October 1879).    
                  (iv)

Robert Gordon Balfour. Born 1826. Died 1905. Maried Margaret Naismith.

    
                  (v)

Hugh Melville Balfour. Born 1828. Died 29 December 1853.

   
                  (vi)

James Balfour. Born Edinburgh 10 May 1830. Died Kew, Melbourne, Australia 24 August 1913. Married Frances ("Fanny") Charlotte Henty.

    
                    aaa. James Hugh Balfour. Born 17 January 1861. Died 16 July 1949. Married Ethel Maud Lucy Scales (born 29 June 1860).    
                      1. Ronald G Balfour. Born 1888.    
                      2. Ethel F Balfour. Born 1890.    
                      3. Dorothy G Balfour. Born 1895.    
                    bbb. Charlotte Gordon Balfour. Born 1862.    
                    ccc. Fanny Robina Balfour. Born 1864. Married Michael Elliot (born c.1858; died 1913).    
                    ddd. Rev Graham Henty Balfour. Born 22 June 1866. Died 3 April 1930. Married first Annie Henderson (born 15 April 1868; died 1908). Married second Catherine McCrae McKenzie (born 3 June 1879; died 5 January 1960).    
                    eee. Lewis John Balfour. Born 15 February 1868. Married Ella Nerrine Eyres (born 1880).    
                    fff. Mary Matheson Balfour. Born 1870. Died 1878.    
                    ggg. William George Balfour. Born 29 September 1871. Died 6 April 1936. Married Margaret Mackie Henderson (born 14 October 1872; died 1940).    
                    hhh. Robert Melville Balfour. Born 27 March 1873. Died 31 January 1883.    
                    iii. Harry Rainy Balfour. Born 17 January 1875. Married Elizabeth Kate Harrison (born 1877).    
                    jjj. Annie Munro Balfour. Born 1877. Died 1951. Married Henry Charles Matthew (born c.1872; died 1953).    
                    kkk. Christina Emily Elphinstone Balfour. Born 1880. Married Alexander G Scholes (born c.1880).    
                  (vii)

Jane Christiana Balfour. Born 1834. Died 1896. Married c.1832 George Rainy, MD (died 19 June 1969).

    
                    aaa. Harry Rainy, MD. Born 1865. Died 4 January 1923.    
                    bbb. John Balfour Rainy. Born 1867.    
                  (viii)

Helen Balfour. Born 1835. Died 18 September 1906.

    
                (IV)

Rev Lewis Balfour. Born 30 August 1777. Died 24 April 1860. Married Henrietta ("Helen") Scott Smith (born 1787; died 13 March 1844).

    
                  (i)

Dr John Balfour. Born 8 July 1809. Died 13 December 1886. Married Josephine Marianne Smith (born 1830; died 1887).

    
                    aaa.

Lewis ("Delhi") Balfour. Born 1850. Died 1894.

    
                    bbb.

Josephine ("Jessie") Balfour. Born 1854. Died 1877. Married _____ Park.

    
                    ccc.

Henrietta ("Elta") Balfour. Born 1857. Died after 1881. Married _____ Younger.

    
                    ddd.

George F Balfour. Born 1862.  Died after 1881.

    
                  (ii)

Marion Balfour. Born 29 November 1811. Bap 3 December 1811. Died 14 December 1884. Married Colonel John Alexander Wilson, RA (born 1793; died 1857).

    
                    aaa.

Major James H Wilson. Born 1837. Died 1890.

    
                    bbb.

Sidney Mary Beckwith Wilson. Born 1840. Died 1908. Married _____ Sitwell.

    
                    ccc.

Marion Louisa Wilson. Born 1842. Married ____ Scott.

    
                    ddd.

Matilda ("Maud") Whytt Wilson. Born 1844. Died 1919. Married _____ Wright. Married _____ Babington.

    
                    eee.

Jane Whytt Whyte Elizabeth Ann Wilson. Born 1846. Died 1903. Married Rev Carleton Greene (born 1844, died 1924).

    
                      1. Edward Greene.    
                        a. Barbara Greene. Married _____ Strachnitz.    
                        b. Edward Greene.    
                        c. Ben Greene.    
                      2. Charles Henry Greene. Born after 1870. Died before 1970. Headmaster at Berkhamsted school. Married his first cousin, Marion Raymond.    
                        a. Dr Raymond Greene. Born 1901. Died 1982. Married _____ Gamble.    
                        b. Molly Greene. Born before 1904.    
                        c. Herbert ("Hugh") Greene. Born before 1904. Two children.    
                        d. Elizabeth Katherine Greene. Born after 1904.  Married _____ Dennys.    
                        e. (Henry) Graham Greene. Born 2 October 1904. Died 3 April 1991. Catholic convert and renowned novelist. Married Vivian Dayrell-Browning (born 1905, died after 1996).    
                          i. (Francis) Hugh Greene. Born 1933. Died 1987.    
                          ii. A daughter.    
                        f. Sir (Hugh) Carleton Greene, KCMG, OBE. Born 1910. Died 1987. Director general of the BBC. Seven children.    
                      3. Marion Raymond Greene. Born 1872.    
                      4. Herbert Carleton Greene. Born 1874.    
                      5. Maud Churchill Greene. Born 1875.    
                      6. Nora Carleton Greene. Born 1879.    
                      7. Sir Graham Greene. Died after 1939. Permanent secretary at the Admiralty.    
                    fff.

Lewis H B Wilson. Born 1848. Died 1926.

    
                    ggg.

Margaret Graham Wilson. Born 1851. Died 1900. Married Rev Frederick William Crick (born 1853, died after 1881).

    
                      1. Margaret M Crick. Born 1878.    
                      2. Dorothy E Crick. Born 1880.    
                    hhh.

John G Y Wilson. Born 1853.

    
                  (iii)

George Smith Balfour. Born 20 July 1813. Died 3 May 1816.

    
                  (iv)

Jane Whyte Balfour. Born 6 November 1816. Bap 20 March 1816. Died 6 February 1907.

    
                  (v)

Lewis Balfour. Born 14 September 1817. Died 13 February 1870. Married Louisa Amelia Barton (born 1822, died 1858).

    
                    aaa.

Lewis ("Noona") Balfour. Born 1842. Died 1873.

    
                    bbb.

Emilia ("Mina") H Balfour. Born 1848. Died 1917.

    
                   

Lewis married second Caroline ("Carrie") Louisa Sissmore (died 1924).

    
                    ccc.

Arthur Balfour. Died after 1861.

    
                    ddd.

Claud Balfour. Died after 1861.

    
                    eee.

Alfred Balfour. Died after 1861.

    
                  (vi)

James Balfour. Born 30 July 1819. Died 20 June 1824.

    
                  (vii)

William Somerville Balfour. Born 1821. Died 1821.

    
                  (viii)

George William Balfour, MD, LL D. Born 2 May (or June) 1823. Died 9 August 1903. Married first Agnes Thomson (born 1825, died 1851).

    
                    aaa.

(Lewis) Cramond Balfour. Born 1850. Died 1885.

    
                    George married second Margaret Bethune Craig (born 1830, died 1879).    
                    bbb. James C Balfour. Born 1855. Died 1907.    
                    ccc. Louisa W Balfour. Born 1859. Died after 1881.    
                    ddd. George W Balfour. Born 1864. Died after 1881.    
                    eee. Alexander B Balfour. Born 1867. Died after 1881.    
                    fff. Thomas Stevenson Balfour. Born 1868. Died 1912.    
                      1. Rear Admiral George Ian Mackintosh Balfour. Born 1912.. Died after 1968.    
                    ggg. Archibald C Balfour. Born 1871. Died after 1881.    
                    hhh. Henry W Balfour. Born 1874. Died after 1881.    
                    iii. Keith M Balfour. Born 1875. Died after 1881.    
                    George married third Henrietta Usher (born 20 August 1844, died 16 July 1912).    
                  (ix)

Mackintosh Balfour. Born 9 March 1825. Bap 26 April 1825. Died 7 June 1884. Married Elisabeth Cecilia de Verinne (born 1829, died 1860).

    
                    aaa.

Mackintosh James Balfour. Born 21 January 1851.. Married Evelyn Jane Usher (born 5 September 1853, died 3 May 1926).

    
                    bbb. Lewis C Balfour. Born 1851. Died 1903.    
                    ccc. Cecilia Henrietta ("Minnie") Balfour. Born 1852.    
                    ddd. De Verinne Conton ("Collie") Balfour. Born 1857. Died 1871.    
                    Mackintosh married second Caroline ("Carrie") Louisa Sissmore (died 1924).    
                  (x)

(baby boy) Balfour. Born 1826. Died 1826.

   
                  (xi)

Henrietta Louisa Balfour. Bap 11 April 1828. Married Ramsay Heatley Traquair (born 1820; died after 1881).

    
                    aaa.

Henrietta Traquair. Born 1850. Died 1902. Married James Milne (born 1849).

    
                      1. Henrietta L Milne. Born 1877.    
                      2. John Milne. Born 1879.    
                      3. Ramsay Milne. Born 1880.    
                    bbb.

William Traquair. Born 1851. Died 1923.

    
                  (xii)

Margaret ("Maggie") Isabella Balfour. Born 11 February 1829. Bap 16 March 1829. Died 14 May 1897. Married Thomas ("Tom") C E Stevenson (born 22 July 1818; died 8 May 1887).

    
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Robert Lewis ("Louis") Balfour Stevenson. Born Edinburgh 13 November 1850. Died Vailima, Samoa 3 December 1894. Married  Frances ("Fanny") Matilda van de Grift Osbourne (born 1840; died 1914).

    
                  (xiii)

James Melville Balfour, CE. Born 8 June 1831. Bap 8 July 1831. Died 18 December 1869. Married Christina Simson (born 1837).

    
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Marie Clothilde ("Chloe") Balfour Stevenson. Born 1862.

    
                (V)

Louisa Mackenzie Balfour. Born 1779. Died April 1859. Married 10 November 1805 John Mackenzie.

    
                  (i)

Daniel Mackenzie. Married Emma Hughes.

    
                  (ii)

James Mackenzie. Married Elizabeth Campbell.

    
                (VI)

Melville Balfour. Born 1781. Died 1828. Married Joanna Brunton.

    
                  (i)

John Balfour. Born 7 March 1816. Died 1875. Married Ann Traill.