Balfour (Paperback)

Arthur James Balfour was a Conservative politician and prime minister from 1902-05. His early career was closely linked with that of his uncle, Lord Salisbury, becoming a member of his cabinet in 1887 and succeeding him as prime minister in 1902, resigning in 1905. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1916-19 and in a letter of 2 November 1917 to Lord Rothschild, leader of the British Jewish community, Balfour wrote that Britain favored 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people', the so-called 'Balfour Declaration'.