To suggest that the Balfour clan was prolific would be a huge understatement. At the end of the seventeenth century, there were a great number of heritors in Fife and beyond named Balfour, and in his Memoria Balfouriana, Sir Robert Sibbald indicates that the principal branches of the Balfour family were those of Balgarvie, Mountwhanney, Denmylne, Ballovy, Carriston, and Kirkton. To explore the entire range of the Balfour clan and its’ ancestory back to the reign of Duncan the First (1034–1040) would be exhaustive, and that is not the aim here. Written by a cousin of the Balfour’s
There are many branches of Balfour of ILK with one of the first being Balfour’s of Bethune
Balfour of Ilk akk Balfour of StrahOR…….the main branch
Lochore
Balfour of Betuhne
Bethune
Beaton
Bethune of Balfour
Balfour of Balifeseuy
Balfour Of Montquhannie
Balfour of Grange
Balfour of Carraldston
Balfour of Balledmonth
Balfour of Westray, Garth and Barbuster Orkney
Balfour of Pitendreich
Balfour of Burleigh
Balfour of Creich
Balfour of Crom Ireland
Balfour of Townely Ireland
Balfour of Balbuthy
Balfour of Netherton Auchinhuiifis
Balfour of Garth
Balfour of Bandon
Balfour of Randerston
Balfour of Raddernie
Balfour of Pharay
Balfour of Trenabie
Balfour of Elwick
Balfour of Hecombe
Balfour of Bello
Bethune of Creich
Balfour of Inchrye
Balfour of Powis
Bafour of Glenaweley ireland
Balfour of Balgarvie
Balfour of Fernie
Balfour of Dunbog
Balfour of Denmiln
Balfour of Kinnarird
Balfour of Glentarkie and Foret
Balfour of Northbank
Balfour of Dovan
Balfour of Pitcullo
Balfour OF Balbirnie
Balfour of Lalethan
Balfour of Whitehill
Balfour of Boquhapple Mochaster Duletter Portbank Loch Venacher
Balfour of Torrie Easter
Balfour of Thirty Acres
Balfour of Pilrig and Strathkinness
Balfour of Durban
Balfour of Balledmonth
Balfour of Nydie
Balfour of KInloch and Bankton
Balfour of Pittendreich
Balfour of Whittinghame