Anna Balfour (died 1649) was a Scottish aristocrat who compiled a recipe book and, with her daughters, a manuscript of lute songs.
[6] Anna Balfour, Lady Elcho compiled a book of medical and culinary recipes which was continued by her daughter, Jean, Countess of Sutherland.
Her daughter wrote, "This book was my mothers in w[hi]ch are many Receits wch shee had from the most famous Phisitians that lived in her tyme".
[7] During her pregnancies she consulted an Edinburgh physician, David Arnot, who gave her talismans of a stone and a belt.
[9] Her children included: Anna Balfour, Lady Elcho died on 10 November 1649.