A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
were more freeholders of the name than ofany other, even so late as the reign ofCharles II. Besides many illustrious de-scendants in the female line, it has been en-nobled by three peerages, viz. Burleigh andKilwinning, in Scotland, and Balfour ofClonawley, in Ireland. Although the pedi-gree goes… … 134 BALFOUR, OF TRENABY. Sir Ingelram de Balfour, was sheriff ofFife in 1229, and d. in 1239, leaving a sonand successor, Henry Balfour, father of John Balfour, who fell among the flowerof the barons of Fifeshire at the sack ofBerwick by Edward I. 30th March, 1296,and was s. by his son. Sir Duncan…
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