The Souls
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The Souls was a small loosely-knit but distinctive elite social and intellectual group in the United Kingdom from 1885 to the turn of the century. Many of the most distinguished British politicians an
The Wyndham Sisters, by John Singer Sargent, 1899 (Metropolitan Museum)
Arthur Balfour
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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. He also later served as foreign secretary in the L
The Souls
…The original Souls included the following people. Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1902–1905 Edith Sophy Balfour (1865–1948), who was Alfred Lyttelton's second wife. A novelist…
Balfour c. 1900s
Whittingehame House
Balfour early in his career
Balfour c. 1890