Family and Education
b. 6 Nov. 1750, 1st s. of William Balfour of Trenabie and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Rev. Thomas Coventry of Newark, Notts. educ. Aberdeen Univ. 1766-70. m. at Calcutta, 10 Nov. 1783, Orkney Archives, Balfour mss D2/17/1; 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. d. 15 Oct. 1842.
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, bd. of trade 1786; left service 1795.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Trenabie, Orkney; Charlton Grove, Blackheath, Kent; 18 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
BALFOUR, John (1750-1842)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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