Captain Charles Barrington Balfour JP, DL, CB (20 February 1862 – 31 August 1921)[1] was a British Army officer who became a Conservative Party politician.
[3] His father died when he was 10 years old, and Charles succeeded to his estates:[2] Balgonie Castle in Fife and "Newton Don" a country house near Kelso in Roxburghshire.
[8] In the King's Birthday Honours in June 1919, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for services in connection with the First World War in his capacity as president and chairman of the Berwickshire Territorial Force Association.
[11] In 1888, Balfour married Lady Helena McDonnell,[3] known as "Nina",[2] daughter of Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim.
[2][12] Another son, John, was imprisoned in Germany at Ruhleben, a racecourse on the outskirts of Berlin, for the duration of the First World War.