An Original Secretarial Letter and signed by future Prime Minister Arthur Balfour. Letter dated 1894 and is to the Archdeacon of Chester. The letter discusses an unnamed political resolution and how his party can support it. A good letter when he was in the opposition party. me before he became Prime Minster. William Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, traditionally Scottish 1848-1930, also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 on behalf of the cabinet. Size is 188mm x 125mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.