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English: Balfour Monument Located by the roadside on an escarpment overlooking Traprain Law, the Balfour Monument is an obelisk built of red sandstone and dedicated to James Balfour, the father of both British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour.
'Erected to the memory of James Maitland Balfour Esq. of Whittingeham, Major Commandant of the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry by the officers and non-commissioned officers of that Corps in testimony of their great respect and esteem of him as a Commanding Officer, of their affectionate regard for him as an amiable and able country gentleman and of their deep and lasting regret for his premature removal from among them. MDCCCLVIII' |
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| Author | Lisa Jarvis |
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