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Balfour, Sir John, (1894-1983), Knight, diplomat

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Surname: Balfour
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1894-1983
Title: Knight
History: Minister to Lisbon 1941-1943, Moscow 1943-1945 and Washington 1945-1948. Ambassador to Buenos Aires 1948-1951 and Madrid 1951-1954. Knighted 1947, GBE 1959.
References: WWW; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274892 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P133856 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
See information in published source
See Cook, Leonard & Leese, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 2, 1994
2
corresp with Lord Sherfield
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Sherfield
NRA 44179