Francis Balfour (bishop)

The Right Reverend Francis Richard Townley Balfour (21 June 1846 – 3 February 1924)[1] was Assistant Bishop of Bloemfontein from 1910 until his death.[2]

He was born at Sorrento, the second son of Blayney Townley-Balfour and his wife Elizabeth Catherine Reynell.[3] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge;[1] and Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1872, and priest in 1874. After a curacy in Buckingham he went out as a missionary, firstly to Basutoland and then to Mashonaland.[4] He was Archdeacon of Bloemfontein from 1901 until 1906; and of Basutoland from 1907 to 1922. [5]

Francis Balfour died at Shankill, Dublin on 3 February 1924.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Balfour, Francis Richard Townley (BLFR864FR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Bishop Balfour. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 5 February 1924; pg. 12; Issue 43567
  3. ^ Burke, Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p64: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  5. ^ "Balfour, Francis Richard Townley". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (2 March 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 2 March 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Death of Bishop Balfour". Belfast News-Letter. 6 February 1924. p. 7.
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