Cecil Charles Balfour
1849–81
Merchant and shipping agent. Brother of Francis Maitland Balfour and Arthur James Balfour. Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1868; BA, MA, 1878. Co-founder of the merchants and commission agents Tidman, Balfour & Co., Batavia (now Jakarta), 1872; a partner in the shipping agents Messrs Mactaggart, Tidman, and Co., London, 1876; left both firms in 1880, having been banished to Australia by his family for forging a cheque in Arthur Balfour’s name. Died in Australia after falling from his horse.
Sources
Adams 2007
Brisbane Courier, 4 April 1881, p. 3
Daily News, 1 February 1878, p. 3
Morning Post, 1 January 1876, p. 7; 9 April 1881, p. 5
Straits Times, 27 July 1872, p. 4
Bibliography
Adams, R. J. Q. 2007. Balfour: the last grandee. London: John Murray.
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