Cecil Charles Balfour (1849–81)

Merchant and shipping agent. Brother of Francis Maitland Balfour and Arthur James Balfour. Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1868; BA, MA, 1878. Co-founder of the merchants and commission agents Tidman, Balfour & Co., Batavia (now Jakarta), 1872; a partner in the shipping agents Messrs Mactaggart, Tidman, and Co., London, 1876; left both firms in 1880, having been banished to Australia by his family for forging a cheque in Arthur Balfour’s name. Died in Australia after falling from his horse.