Gerald  Arthur James BALFOUR

#8805, Gerald Arthur James BALFOUR

Born 1925
Died 2003 in Scotland
Occupation Master Mariner in Merchant Navy, Landowner and Farmer
Education Eton and HMS Conway
Father Robert Arthur Lytton BALFOUR (31 Dec 1902 - 28 Nov 1968)
Mother Jean Lily West Roundel COOKE-YARBOROUGH (1900 - 1981)

After Eton Gerald joined the Merchant Navy training ship, HMS Conway.  He is said to have survived being wrecked in the Indian Ocean and devoted most of his life to managing and improving the 1,907 acre family estate at Whittingehame, East Lothian.  His business interests included being chairman of a Glasgow based company selling bottled water from Loch Lomond and he was active in local government. 

Timeline

Born

Married Natasha (Natalia) Georgina ANTONOVSKY in Westminster, London

Death of Father, Robert Arthur Lytton BALFOUR

Death of Mother, Jean Lily West Roundel COOKE-YARBOROUGH

Death of wife, Natasha ANTONOVSKY

Died 2003