John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976) was a Scottish
historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and
other works on Islamic history.[1][2]Wife Angela Culme-Seymour
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John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976) was a Scottish
historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and
other works on Islamic history.[1][2]
He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford.[3] He then became a journalist and writer.
At Oxford Balfour was part of the Railway Club, which included: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, David Plunket Greene, Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester, Brian Howard, Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, John Drury-Lowe.[4]
Eugene McCown had a soft spot for English aristocrats. During his many stays in London, organized by the journalist Raymond Mortimer, he mingled with Bright Young Things and was particularly close to Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, who owned an apartment in South Kensington
During the Second World War he served with the Royal Air Force and from 1944-47 was First Secretary at the British Embassy at Cairo.[5]
In 1938, he married Angela Mary Culme-Seymour, daughter of George Culme-Seymour and Janet (née Orr-Ewing) and former wife of the artist John Spencer-Churchill. Having been separated by World War II when Balfour was posted to Cairo, she started a five-year relationship with Major Robert Hewer-Hewitt by whom she had two sons, Mark and Johnny. Patrick and Angela were divorced in 1942. After breaking up with Major Hewer-Hewitt in 1946 Angela married a French count, René de Chatellus, and moved to France with her two sons. Her grandmother, Trix Ruthveen, was the model for "the bolter" in Nancy Mitford's novel The Pursuit of Love.[6]
Railway Club at Oxford, conceived by John Sutro, dominated by Harold Acton. (Left to right) Back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David Plunket Greene, Harry Stavordale, Brian Howard. Middle row: Michael Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, Patrick Balfour, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, Johnny Drury-Lowe. Front: porters.
Despite the brief marriage, Lord Kinross was homosexual; he had no issue and was succeeded by his brother David Andrew Balfour, 4th Baron Kinross.[7]
He is buried in "Lords Row" in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh with all previous ancestors of the title Baron Kinross.
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