BALFOUR, John (1750-1842), of Trenabie, Orkney and Charlton Grove, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 6 Nov. 1750, 1st s. of William Balfour of Trenabie by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Rev. Thomas Coventry of Newark, Notts. educ. Aberdeen Univ. 1766-70. m. 10 Nov. 1783, at Calcutta,Orkney Co. Lib. Balfour mss 17/1; Bengal Past and Present, vii. 168. Henrietta, da. of Benjamin Sullivan of Dromeragh, co. Cork, wid. of Col. Alexander Maclellan, s.p. suc fa. 1786.Scots Mag. (1786), 569.

Offices Held

Writer, E. I. Co. (Madras) 1772, coroner and clerk to the justices 1776, accountant-gen. of mayor’s ct., factor 1778, jun. merchant 1780, auditor of public accts. 1784 – 88, sen. merchant 1785, member, board of trade 1786, left service 1795.Compiled from information in C. Prinsep, Madras Civilians, 6–7; H. D. Love, Vestiges of Old Madras, iii. 107, 164, 321; Balfour mss 4/10.

Parlimentarian

BALFOUR, John (1750-1842), of Trenabie, Orkney; Charlton Grove, Blackheath, Kent, and 18 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Mdx

Main residences: Trenabie, Orkney; Charlton Grove, Kent.

Author

D.R.F.

Volume

Commons 1790-1820

Web Title

BALFOUR, John (1750-1842)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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