Editing Arthur Balfour (section)

===Honours and decorations===

* His appointment as a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Ross-shire]] on 10 September 1880 gave him the [[List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom)|post-nominal letters]] "DL".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kx1KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA4903 |title=The London Gazette |year=1880 |access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>
* He was sworn of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] in 1885, giving him the style "[[The Right Honourable]]" and after ennoblement the [[List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom)|post-nominal letters]] "PC" for life.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25484/page/2919|date=26 June 1885|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
* On 3 June 1916 he was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], giving him the [[List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom)|post-nominal letters]] "OM" for life.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29608/supplement/5556|date=3 June 1916|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
* He was elected an International Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1902 and an International Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1917.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Arthur James Balfour |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/arthur-james-balfour |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Arthur+Balfour&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
* In 1919 he was elected [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of his old university, Cambridge, in succession to his brother-in-law, [[Lord Rayleigh]].
* He was made a [[Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter]] on 3 March 1922, becoming Sir Arthur Balfour and giving him the [[List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom)|post-nominal letters]] "KG" for life.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137|date=14 March 1922|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
* On 5 May 1922 Balfour was raised to the peerage as [[Earl of Balfour]] and Viscount Traprain, of Whittingehame, in the county of Haddington. This allowed him to sit in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=The London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512|date=5 May 1922|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
* He was awarded the [[Cross of Liberty (Estonia)|Estonian Cross of Liberty]] (conferred between 1919 and 1925), third grade, first class, for Civilian Service.
He was given the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the City/Freedom of the Borough]] of the following:
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} 28 September 1899: [[Dundee]]
* {{flagicon|East Lothian}} 20 September 1902: [[Haddington, East Lothian]]<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mr. Balfour at Haddington|date=22 September 1902 |page=5 |issue=36879}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Edinburgh}} 19 October 1905: [[Edinburgh]]