Lewis Balfour

Lewis Balfour (1777–1860) was a Scottish Church of Scotland minister and grandfather to the author Robert Louis Stevenson.

His mother was from Bennochy Lodge near Kirkcaldy, Fife, the daughter of Dr Robert Whytt, Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and his father was the son of James Balfour.

[1] In 1823 James, Earl of Lauderdale, acted as his patron and in 1824 he was translated to Colinton parish south-west of Edinburgh and remained there for the rest of his life.

[2] His position as minister of Colinton was filled by Rev Dr William Lockhart of Denny.

[7] Balfour is buried in an open vault on the north side of Colinton Parish Church, between James Gillespie and Admiral John Inglis.