BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH Rt Hon 8th/12th Lord (1927-2019)

[Richard R]

From the Times of 2 October 2019: BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH, Robert Bruce, Lord Balfour died in Edinburgh aged 92. Dear father of Victoria and Ishbel, grandfather of Laetitia, Phyllis, Ellis and Isla, and husband of Janet. The arrangements will be private but, if you like, plant a tree.

He was son of the 7th/11th Baron BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH (1883-1967) and Violet Dorothy Evelyn DONE (d 1976). He m 1st 1971 (div 1993) as her 2nd h, Jennifer d of E S MANASSEH, and had two daus as above. He m 2nd 1993 Janet d of Dr Frank MORGAN. He is succeeded by his elder dau:

VICTORIA Bruce (b 1973) [9th/13th] Lady BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH. Has yet to establish her claim and appear on The Peerage Roll. She m 2002 Michail Boris WINKLER of Dunblane, and had two daus:

DAUGHTERS LIVING

LAETITIA Bruce (b 2007), heir apparent

Phyllis BRUCE (b 2008)

[Richard R]

Lead obit in the Times of 15 October 2019: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/lord-balfour-of-burleigh-obituary-jn98k35kk

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Will her Ladyship retain "Bruce" as the family name rather than her married name of "Winkler?"

Thanks.

Brooke

[www.maltagenealogy.com]

Seems Bruce-Winkler.. The original family holding this title were Balfour until a descendant (Bruce) reclaimed the title in the 19th century due to an earlier title holder (Bruce) was charged for murder, escaped and became a Jacobite.. Dying without an estate and title late 18th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Balfour,_5th_Lord_Balfour_of_Burleigh

[John Mason]

Would Laetitia not be heir presumptive on the grounds that a younger brother would displace her?

[marquess]

That's correct John, she could be displaced by a brother. Interesting that in P.M's questions yesterday, Penny Mourdant asked a question about changing primogeniture. Johnson laughed it off by saying that he was an elder son who had nothing to gain from the fact. Also there was another Tory MP who jokingly said that he supported the P.M's bid for the Tory leadership, on three points. One of them was the promise of being made a duke. Nice to see that the hereditary honours system's potential has not entirely been forgotten. Bercow for a Viscountcy?

[Netty Leistra]

Both The Times and The Herald say he died on 18 September 2019.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17974620.obituary-lord-balfour-burleigh-engineer-supporter-arts-scotland-founder-edinburgh-book-festival/

Op dinsdag 15 oktober 2019 09:53:12 UTC+2 schreef Richard R:

[colinp]

The 9th/13th (in line) Lady is now entered on the Roll of the Peerage.  Surname - Bruce-Winkler