BALFOUR, Vere Evelyn Michael (b 2021)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 23 Feb 2021: BALFOUR On 25th January 2021, to Daniel and Serena (née Foyle), a son Vere Evelyn Michael, a brother for Arthur and Ludovic.

Daniel James (b 1985 ref 791/18 Gordon) elder s of William BALFOUR of Kelso, Roxburgh. He m 2013 Serena Rose Delap (b 1986 reg Q2 London) d of Anthony FOYLE of Earlston, Berwickshire and Rose CLARKE.

Michael posted news of the couple's marriage in 2013 & queried whether the groom was scion of the BALFOUR Scots gentry family of Balbirnie: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/0hGNNiTNAMk/m/WKjc7ohp50UJ

Burke's Landed Gentry of Scotland (p48) doesn't name Daniel or his father in the genealogy they publish. Also is Anthony FOYLE, the Anthony George Eugen FOYLE (b 1950) mentioned in the FOYLE of Beeleigh Abbey gentry family in BLG1972 (p352)?

[S R Eglesfield]

Anthony George Eugene FOYLE (per company records, born on 24 June 1950), of that landed gentry and bookshop-owning family, is, indeed, the father of Serena - see https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20121205/282149288616720.

[S R Eglesfield]

This branch of the Balfour family, of Balgonie and Newton Don, last appeared in Burke's Landed Gentry in the 1952 edition. They are scions of, but not descended from, the Earls of Balfour, being descended from Charles BALFOUR (27 VIII 1823 - 5 VII 1872), younger brother of James Maitland BALFOUR (5 I 1820 - 23 II 1856), whose eldest son was the 1st Earl. Nick Kingsley provides an updated genealogy for them on his website at https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2018/11/351-balfour-of-whittingehame-earls-of.html.