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Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale

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Balfour married Frances Josephine Bingham, daughter of Charles Henry Bingham, in 1899. He died in July 1957, aged 84, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Robert. Lady Riverdale died in 1960. He was a
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In 1935 he was appointed as the chairman of the Departmental Committee on Fire Brigade Services, which became known as the Riverdale Committee. The committee's report resulted in the
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Per chevron Argent and Sable in chief two crosses pattée of the second and in base a sun in splendour per pale Or and of the first.
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Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference
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Two dragons Sable each charged on the wing the dexter with a garb and the sinister with a cross pattée Or.
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of Sheffield in the County of York in 1929, and raised to the peerage as
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Fighting Fires: Creating the British Fire Service, 1800–1978
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and founding member of University Lodge Sheffield 3911.
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Coat of arms of Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale
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Balfour was the son of Herbert Balfour. Educated at
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Not to be confused with the British Prime Minister,
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Arthur Balfour

GBE
JP
steel manufacturer
Aysgarth School
Oundle School
Sheffield
Yorkshire
British Council
Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Committee on Industry and Trade
Fire Brigades Act 1938
1 & 2 Geo. 6
freemason
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Baronet
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Empire Air Training Scheme
air commodore
Auxiliary Air Force
No. 601 Squadron RAF

Mosley, Charles
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood
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"Balfour, Arthur, first Baron Riverdale (1873–1957), steel maker and industrialist"
Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference
Fighting Fires: Creating the British Fire Service, 1800–1978

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