Gerald William Balfour 2nd Earl of Balfour Vanity Fair antique print. Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour PC (9 April 1853 – 14 January 1945), known as Gerald Balfour or Rt Hon G. W. Balfour until 1930, was a British Conservative politician who became a peer on the death of his brother, former prime minister Arthur Balfour in 1930. Antique print of Balfour, when Chief Secretary for Ireland, published 1896, from Vanity Fair. Paper measures approx. 15.5 x 10.5 inches. Nice clean print. Crease bottom left well beyond printed area. Supplied with original text.