Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour

The Right Honourable The Earl of Balfour PC
Gerald Balfour in an 1899 portrait by George Frederic Watts.
President of the Board of Trade
In office 12 November 1900 – 14 March 1905
Monarchs	Victoria Edward VII
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Charles Ritchie
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Salisbury
President of the Local Government Board
In office 14 March 1905 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Walter Long
Succeeded by	John Burns
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 21 June 1895 – 9 November 1900
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	John Morley
Succeeded by	George Wyndham
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 19 March 1930 – 14 January 1945 as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 1st Earl of Balfour
Succeeded by	The 3rd Earl of Balfour
Member of Parliament for Leeds Central
In office 18 December 1885 – 8 February 1906
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Robert Armitage
Personal details
Born	(1853-04-09)9 April 1853
Died	14 January 1945(1945-01-14) (aged 91)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Lady Betty Bulwer-Lytton ​ ​ (m. 1887; died 1942)​
Children	6
Parent(s)	James Maitland Balfour Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, PC (9 April 1853 – 14 January 1945), known as Gerald Balfour or The Rt Hon. G. W. Balfour until 1930, was a senior British Conservative politician who became a peer on the death of his brother, former prime minister Arthur Balfour, in 1930.