Jun 21, 1846Sorrento, Campania, ItalyDied on 03 Feb 1924 (aged 77)Cancer
About Francis Balfour Bishop
The Right Reverend Francis Balfour (b Sorrento 21 June 1846; d Mafeteng 3 February 1924) was Assistant Bishop of Bloemfontein from 1910 until his death.Balfour was educated at Harrow; Trinity College, Cambridge; and Cuddesdon.
He was ordained deacon in 1872, and priest in 1874.
After a curacy in Buckingham he went out as a missionary, firstly to Basutoland and then to Mashonaland.
He was Archdeacon of Bloemfontein from 1901 until 1906; and of Basutoland from 1907 to 1922.