https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=James_Balfour_%28British_Army_officer%29 2026-08-20T04:13:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Balfour_(British_Army_officer)&diff=186479&oldid=prev 2020-12-03T21:28:00Z

<p>Alter: url. URLs might have been internationalized/anonymized. Add: year. | You can <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">use this bot</a> yourself. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs here</a>. | Suggested by Abductive | <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1743_births&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1743 births (page does not exist)">Category:1743 births</a> | via #UCB_Category 51/415</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>General &#039;&#039;&#039;James Balfour&#039;&#039;&#039; (3 November 1743 – 18 March 1823) was a son of [[Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie|Robert Balfour of Balbirnie]] and Ann Ramsay.&lt;ref&gt;Edward J. Davies, &quot;The Balfours of Balbirnie and Whittingehame&quot;, &#039;&#039;The Scottish Genealogist&#039;&#039;, 60(2013):84-90.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Balfour entered the [[British army]] 22 March 1762.&lt;ref name=JP&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWK5AAAAIAAJ&amp;pg=PA76 |title=The Royal military calendar, or Army service and commission book |author=Philippart, John |year=1815 |accessdate=6 October 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; He was commanding the forces at [[Bombay]] in 1794.&lt;ref name=Indialist&gt;{{cite book<br /> |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ |author=Great Britain India Office |title=The India List and India Office List |volume=I |year=1819 |publisher=Harrison |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=toc#PRA1–PA127,M1 127] |accessdate=2019-08-30}}&lt;/ref&gt; He became colonel of the 83rd Regiment on 18 November 1795 and took part in the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1792)|Siege of Seringapatam]]. On 25 October 1809 received the rank of general.&lt;ref name=JP/&gt;<br /> <br /> On 20 March 1823, following the death of James Balfour, [[John Hodgson (British Army officer)|John Hodgson]] succeeded to the colonelcy of the 83rd Regiment.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-Third Regiment&#039;&#039; (London, 1908), 41.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Balfour, James}}<br /> [[Category:1743 births]]<br /> [[Category:1823 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:British Army generals]]<br /> [[Category:83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot officers]]<br /> [[Category:Clan Balfour|James]]</div>

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