page_title: Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh / Political career
caption_attribution_description: Caricature of Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (1849-1921). Caption read "Secretary for Scotland".
context_page_description: Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC, JP, DL was a Scottish Unionist politician, banker and statesman, who took a leading part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. He was Secretary for Scotland between 1895 and 1903.
context_section_description: In 1876 Balfour was elected a Scottish representative peer. Six years later, he was made an Education Commissioner for Scotland, and in 1887 he entered Lord Salisbury's administration as a Lord-in-waiting. The following year, Lord Balfour became Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, a position he held until the Liberals returned to power in 1892, and for three years he chaired the London Water Supply Commission until his return to government as Secretary for Scotland in 1895. Appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1901, Balfour resigned office two years later with the split that occurred in the Conservative and Unionist Party over Joseph Chamberlain's campaign for tariff reform, a campaign which he opposed.
caption: Caricature by Leslie Ward for Vanity Fair, 1902
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