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Lieutenant-General Robert Balfour of Balbirnie (3 May 1772 – 31 October 1837) was a son of John Balfour of Balbirnie and Mary Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Ellon.〔Edward J. Davies, "The Balfours of Balbirnie and Whittingehame", ''The Scottish Genealogist'', 60(2013):84-90.〕 His younger bother James (died 1845) was a Member of Parliament and grandfather of Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1905. He was an officer in the 2nd Dragoons and the Fife Light Horse. He married, on 8 August 1808, Eglantyne Katherine Fordyce (d 9 Jan 1851), who was the daughter of John Fordyce of Ayton. ==Military career== *Captain on 9 July 1793 in the 2nd Dragoons *Major in the Army the 1 January 1798 and Major in the 2nd Dragoons, 3 April 1801 *Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army 25 September 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Dragoons 22 August 1805. *Colonel in the Army the 1 January 1812 *Major-General the 4 June 1814. *Honorary Colonel of the Fife Light Horse in 1831 until his death in 1837. Whilst Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Dragoons he was, for the misconstruction of a regulation, subjected to a Court Martial, and sentenced to be cashiered ; the Prince Regent confirmed the sentence, but immediately after restored him to the functions of his commission, neither dishonorable or unworthy motives appearing in the charges preferred and established against him.〔The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book edited by John Philippart 1784 -1875 see http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nXkFAAAAMAAJ&output=text〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Balfour, 6th of Balbirnie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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