Ernest Roxburgh Balfour

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Ernest Roxburgh Balfour

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mount Alyn, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Death: August 27, 1897 (22)
Ardoch, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Dawyck, Peebleshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Alexander Balfour, of Liverpool and Janet "Jessie" Balfour
Husband of Elizabeth Balfour
Brother of Katharine Gray Balfour; Agatha "Agate" Henrietta Noel-Paton; Alexander Balfour; Col. Frederick "Freddie" Robert Stephen Balfour; Vera Broke Stewart and 2 others

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About Ernest Roxburgh Balfour

Ernest was a successful oarsman at Oxford. Once, when about the age of 16 years, he saw a man beating a horse and rushed up and tore the whip away and in turn beat the man!

He died from blood poisoning after being bitten by a rat when out ratting with his little dog.

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Ernest Roxburgh Balfour's Timeline

1874
September 11, 1874
Mount Alyn, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
November 27, 1874
Mount Alyn
November 27, 1874
Mount Alyn
1897
August 27, 1897
Age 22
Ardoch, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
August 31, 1897
Age 22
Dawyck, Peebleshire, Scotland, United Kingdom