A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1838)
he arms.Motto—Optima revelatio Stella.Estates—In the county of Merioneth.Seat—Bryn-y-gwin, near Dolgellan. BALFOUR, OF TRENABY. BALFOUR, JOHN, esq. of Trenaby, in the county of Orkney, b. 6th November,1750; m. 10th November, 1783, Henrietta, sister of Sir Benjamin Sullivan, and ofthe Right Hon.… … The family of Balfour, which derived itsname from its patrimony of Balor, or Bal-four, in Fifeshire, long enjoyed the hereditaryoffice of sheriff of that county, in which therewere more freeholders of the name than ofany other, even so late as the reign ofCharles II. Besides many illustrious…
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