Francis Balfour (bishop)


The Right Reverend Francis Balfour was Assistant Bishop of Bloemfontein from 1910 until his death.
Balfour was educated at Harrow; Trinity College, Cambridge; 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. He was Archdeacon of Bloemfontein from 1901 until 1906; and of Basutoland from 1907 to 1922.