Descriptive Summary
Administration Information
Biographical Note
Arrangement
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eustace James Anthony Balfour letters
Dates: 1854-1937
Collection Number: mssHM 35000-35064
Creator OR Collector:
Balfour, Eustace James Anthony, 1854-1912, recipient
Extent:
83 items
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists mostly of letters written to Eustace Balfour and his wife, Frances, from prominent British citizens.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eustace James Anthony Balfour letters, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of I. Kerrison Preston, 1971.
Biographical Note
Eustace James Anthony Balfour (1854-1912) was the son of James M. Balfour and Lady Blanche Balfour, sister of Robert Cecil,
the marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903), and the brother of statesman Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) and naturalist Francis
Maitland Balfour (1851-1882). He became a painter and architect, and designed the rebuilding of the Crown Court church. Balfour's
wife, Lady Frances Balfour (1858-1931), was the daughter of George Douglas Campbell, the eighth Duke of Argyll (1823-1900).
Her brother, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the ninth Duke of Argyll (1845-1914), was married to Princess Louise (1848-1939),
the daughter of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Lady Balfour was active as a churchwoman, suffragist and author.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by author. It is housed in one box.
Scope and Content
The collection contains letters addressed to Eustace Balfour and his wife, Frances, among others. Many of the letter's authors
were prominent British artists, politicians and scientists of the period. Issues discussed within the collection include the
personal lives of Eustace and Frances Balfour as well as 19th and 20th century British art, politics and science. Correspondents
include Arthur James Balfour, Georges-Ernest-Jean-Marie Boulanger, Ford Madox Brown, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, William
Benjamin Carpenter, Joseph Chamberlain, Walter Crane, Sir John Gilbert, William Holman Hunt, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling,
Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Princess Louise, James Russell Lowell, John Morley, Richard
Owen, and Robert Cecil, marquess of Salisbury.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930
Balfour, Eustace James Anthony, 1854-1912, recipient
Balfour, Frances, Lady, 1858-1931, recipient
Boulanger, Georges-Ernest-Jean-Marie, 1837-1891
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898
Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
Gilbert, John, 1817-1897
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910
James, Henry, 1843-1916
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, Marquess of, 1845-1927
Louise, Princess, Duchess of Argyll, 1848-1939
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Morley, John, 1838-1923
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Marquess of, 1830-1903
Subjects
Art -- Great Britain -- 19th century
Art -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Artists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Politicians -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Scientists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Geographic Areas
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Genre
Letters (correspondence) -- England -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- England -- 20th century