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| 1848 | Birth |  |
| 25th July Whittinghame Birth of Arthur James Balfour, East Lothian |
| 1874 | Election | |
| Hertford Elected Member of Parliament for Hertford |
| 1878 | Congress of Berlin | |
| Berlin Attends the Congress of Berlin with Lord Salisbury |
| July Berlin Returns home claiming, "peace with honour" |
| 1878 | PPS | |
| London Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to his uncle, Lord Salisbury |
| 1878 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "A Defence of Philosophic Doubt" |
| 1885 | Member of Parliament | |
| Manchester Appointed Member of Parliament for East Manchester |
| 1885 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Local Government Board |
| 1885 | Secretary of Scotland | |
| 14th Aug Appointed Scottish Secretary & enters the Cabinet |
| 1887 | Chief Secretary | |
| 7th Mar London Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland |
| 1887 | Legislation | |
| 28th Mar London Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended |
| 1887 | Name Balfour | |
| London called "Bloody Balfour" by Irish Nationalists |
| 1887 | Reform | |
| 28th Mar London Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended |
| 5th Aug London The Congested Districts Board is set up to ease housing problems |
| 23rd Aug London Allows courts to revise unjust rents |
| 1891 | First Lord of the Treasury | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Treasury, a post usually held by a Prime Minister |
| 1895 | First Lord of the Treasury | |
| 1902 | Prime Minister | |
| 12th July Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, succeeds his uncle, Lord Salisbury |
| 1903 | Rosyth | |
| Rosyth Rosyth naval base is constructed |
| 1903 | Trade | |
| Chamberlain campaigns for Imperial Preference & provokes Conservative free traders |
| 1904 | Diplomacy | |
| Concludes diplomatic means of resolving colonial conflicts between Britain & France |
| France & Britain recognize each others spheres of interest eg in Morocco & Egypt |
| 1905 | Election | |
| Defeated after a split by tariff reform proposals of Joseph Chamberlain |
| The Conservatices win just 156 seats at the general election |
| 8th Jan Manchester Balfour loses his seat in Manchester East |
| 1905 | Resignation | |
| Dec London Resigns over the policy of Imperial Preference rather then call an election |
| 1906 | Election | |
| City of London Elected Member of Parliament for City of London |
| The Conservatives are divided over the Empire & free trade |
| 1909 | Constitution | |
| London The government introduces the Parliament Bill to curb the power of the Lords |
| 16th July Declares giving equal rights to blacks in Sth Africa will threaten white civilization |
| 27th July The SouthAfrica Union Bill has its 2nd reading but MP's |
| 7th Dec A Royal Proclamation creates the self-governing body of Sth Africa |
| 1909 | Independence | |
| 7th Dec A Royal Proclamation creates the self-governing body of Sth Africa |
| 1909 | Reform | |
| London Balfour's mis-handling of the Parliament Act leads to a "Balfour Must Go" campaign |
| London The Conservatives defeat the budget in the Lords |
| 1911 | Resignation | |
| 8th Nov London Resigns as Conservative Party leader over Irish Home Rule |
| 1914 | Lecture Gifford | |
| London Delivers the Gifford lectures on "Theism & Humanism" |
| 1915 | First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| London Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty |
| 1915 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1916 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 11th Dec Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1917 | Declaration of Balfour | |
| 2nd Nov London Sends the "Balfour Declaration" to Lord Rothschild of the British Zionist Federation |
| 2nd Nov London "The establishment in Palestine of a National home for the Jewish people" |
| 1917 | Diplomacy | |
| London Heads a diplomatic mission to the USA |
| 1918 | Diplomacy | |
| 8th Aug London Urges the continuation of existing relations with Russia |
| 1920 | Conference of Paris | |
| Paris Attends the Conference as a 2nd Plenipotentiary |
| 1920 | Conference of San Remo | |
| San Remo The Balfour Declaration is confirmed by Allied governments at the San Remo Conference |
| 1920 | Declaration of Balfour | |
| San Remo The Balfour Declaration is confirmed by Allied governments at the San Remo Conference |
| 1920 | Treaty of St Germain | |
| St Germain Main architect of the Treaty of St Germain |
| 1921 | Conference of Washington | |
| Washington Attends the Conference as a British Representitive |
| 1922 | Peerage | |
| Created Earl Balfour |
| 1922 | Speech | |
| Delivers the Gifford lectures on "Theism & Thought" |
| o other British PM is intelectually as highly regarded |
| 1925 | Lord President | |
| Appointed Lord President of the Council, the "elder statesman" of Baldwin's Cabinet |
