Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
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The Right Honourable The Lord Balfour of Burleigh KT GCMG GCVO PC JP DL |
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| Secretary for Scotland | |
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In office 29 June 1895 – 9 October 1903 |
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| Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | Sir George Trevelyan, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Murray |
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13 January 1849 Kennet, Clackmannanshire |
| Died |
6 July 1921 (aged 72) Cadogan Square, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Katherine Gordon (1852–1931) |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC, JP, DL (13 January 1849 – 6 July 1921) was a Scottish Unionist politician, banker and statesman, who took a leading part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. He was Secretary for Scotland between 1895 and 1903.
The son of Robert Bruce, at one time Tory Member of Parliament for Clackmannan, he was born in Kennet in that county and educated at Loretto, Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. In 1868, four years after his death, Robert Bruce's claim to the peerage was recognised by the House of Lords, and so his son became sixth Lord Balfour of Burleigh on the reversal of the title's attainder by Act of Parliament in 1869.
In 1876 Balfour was elected a Scottish representative peer. Six years later, he was made an Education Commissioner for Scotland, and in 1887 he entered Lord Salisbury's administration as a Lord-in-Waiting. The following year, Lord Balfour became Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, a position he held until the Liberals returned to power in 1892, and for three years he chaired the London Water Supply Commission until his return to government as Secretary for Scotland in 1895. Appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1901, Balfour resigned office two years later with the split that occurred in the Conservative and Unionist Party over Joseph Chamberlain's campaign for tariff reform, a campaign which he opposed.
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