In 1886, Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Lord Salisbury) surprisingly made ArthurBalfour Chief Secretary of Ireland; Balfour was' Bob's 'favoritenephew.
It was not until World War I, when British forces were at the gates of Jerusalem, in November, 1917, that the British Foreign Secretary, ArthurBalfour, anxious for Jewish support in the war, issued his epic yet ambiguous Declaration.
In 1917, Arthur James Balfour, British foreign secretary, submitted a declaration of intent, known as the Balfour Declaration, to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.