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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Gordon Balfour

John (Jack) Balfour of Pilrig
1740-± 1814
Thomas Buchanan of Ardoch
1733-1789
Helen Graham
1756-1812
John Balfour
1776-1859
Mary Buchanan
1780-1816

Robert Gordon Balfour
1826-1905


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      Rev. Dr. Robert Gordon Balfour D.D.<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: June 16 1826 - Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Marriage: Spouse: Margaret Ewing Naismith - Oct 3 1854 - East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland<br>Residence: 1826 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland<br>Residence: 1851 - Midlothian, Scotland<br>Residence: 1868 - 39 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1869 and 1875 - 1 Wharton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br&gt;Residence: Between 1876 and 1904 - 33 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United, Kingdom<br>Death: July 17 1905 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Burial: 1905 - Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Occupation: Church minister<br>Parents: John Balfour, Roberta Balfour (born Gordon)<br>Wife: Margaret Ewing Balfour (born Naismith)<br>Children: Margaret Grace Balfour, Robina Gordon Balfour, Mary Louisa Balfour, Helen Jane Balfour, Edith Campbell Lowe (born Balfour), Rev John Naismith Balfour, Annie Frances Stocks (born Balfour), Georgina Graham Balfour<br>Siblings: Balfour, John Balfour, Thomas Graham Balfour, Buchanan Balfour, Hugh Melville Balfour, James Balfour, Jane Christina Rainy (born Balfour), <br>  Additional information:

      LifeSketch: way for the "new" Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Lauristion Place 1879-1998. They were situated at what is now Nightingale Way near to the junction of Lauriston Place.
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    Historical events

    Birthday June 16, 1826

    • The temperature on June 16, 1826 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig . Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
      • April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
      • April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
      • October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
      • December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
      • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

    Day of death July 17, 1905

    • The temperature on July 17, 1905 was between 10.0 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
      • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
      • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
      • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
      • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
      • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
    

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