Editing Arthur Balfour (section)

==Last years==
[[File:Lord Balfour in Biyamina with Vera and Chaim Weizmann, Nachum Sokolov and otehrs, 1925.jpg|thumb|Balfour in [[Mandatory Palestine]] with [[Vera Weizmann|Vera]] and [[Chaim Weizmann]], [[Nahum Sokolow]] and others in 1925]]
Lord Balfour had generally good health until 1928 and remained until then a regular tennis player. Four years previously he had been the first president of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain. At the end of 1928, most of his teeth were removed and he suffered the unremitting circulatory trouble which ended his life. Before that, he had suffered occasional [[phlebitis]] and, by late 1929, he was immobilised by it. Following a visit from Chaim Weizmann, Balfour died at his brother Gerald's home, Fishers Hill House in Hook Heath, [[Woking]], where he had lived since January 1929, on 19 March 1930. At his request a public funeral was declined, and he was buried on 22 March beside members of his family at [[Whittingehame]] in a [[Church of Scotland]] service although he also belonged to the [[Church of England]]. By [[special remainder]], his title passed to his brother Gerald.<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|title=Balfour, Arthur James, first earl of Balfour (1848–1930)|id=30553|first1=Ruddock|last1=Mackay|first2=H. C. G.|last2=Mathew|authorlink2=Colin Matthew}}</ref>

His obituaries in ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'' did not mention the declaration for which he is most famous outside Britain.<ref>{{cite book|first=Shabtai |last=Teveth|title=Ben-Gurion and the Palestinian Arabs. From Peace to War |year=1985 |page=106}}</ref>