Archive of former PM Arthur Balfour bought for half a million pounds
Thousands of items from the family archive of former British prime minister Arthur Balfour have been bought by National Records of Scotland (NRS) for half a million pounds.
The collection includes letters from Winston Churchill, a photograph of Balfour at the Old Course in St Andrews, and the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which he authored, which announced Britain’s support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.





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1417000904
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Date created:
August 22, 2022
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United Kingdom
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- Horizontal,
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- Real Time Video,
- Scotland,
- St. Andrews - Scotland,
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- Video with Sound,