Francis Balfour (bishop)
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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]
