Baron Balfour of Inchrye

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox nobility title Baron Balfour of Inchrye, of Shefford in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1945 Birthday Honours for the Conservative politician Harold Balfour. He represented the Isle of Thanet in the House of Commons and served as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1938 to 1944.<ref name="burke">Template:Cite book</ref>

His son Ian (21 December 1924 – 14 April 2013), the second Baron, succeeded in 1988. He was a diamond historian (author of the book Famous Diamonds, 1987, Fifth ed. 2008) and the composer of nine operas and six symphonies.<ref>Who Was Who (2007)</ref> He died in 2013 leaving a daughter, the Hon. Roxane Laird Craig, but no male heir.<ref name="burke"/>

Barons Balfour of Inchyre (1945)

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