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unusual facts about Lord Balfour of Burleigh


Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (died 1757), was a Jacobite from the Burleigh family of the county of Kinross, Scotland, remembered chiefly for a crime of passion.


Battle of Alford

This committee was the ruling body of the Covenanters, comprising the Earl of Argyll, the Earls of Crawford and Tullibardine, the Lords of Elcho, Burleigh, and Balcarres (who had all been involved in recent defeats by Montrose), together with a number of Calvinist clergy.

Battle of Kilsyth

His orders were subject to the approval of the "Committee of Estates", consisting of the Earls of Argyll, Crawford and Tullibardine, and the Lords Elcho, and Balfour of Burleigh, together with a number of Calvinist clergymen.


see also

Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh

Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh PC (died 15 March 1619) was a Scottish peer.