Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie

Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie (1698 - 1767) was later styled later Robert Balfour-Ramsay of Whitehill after his marriage Anne Ramsay on 3 June 1736.

He was a nobleman from Fife and the son of George Balfour, 3rd of Balbirnie (1664 -1743) and Agnes Lumsdain (daughter of Rober Lumsdain of Strathvinny).^[1]

His wife Anne Ramsay was the daughter of Sir Andrew Ramsay of Whitehill, 4th Bart

They had seven children:

• John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie (1738 - ?) married Ellen Gordon (daughter of James Gordon of Ellon)
• George Balfour, later Ramsay, 15th of Whitehill (1740 - 1806)
• Andrew Balfour, later Ramsay, 16th of Whitehill (1741 - 1814)
• Robert Balfour (1742 - 1807)
• General James Balfour, 17th of Whitehill (1743 - 1823)
• William Balfour(1755 - 1793)
• Elizabeth Balfour (? -?) married Captain William Wardlaw

References

The Peerage

1. ^ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/balfour.htm