Balfour and the British Empire: a Study in Imperial Evolution 1874-1932

by Denis Judd

This important book is a biography of the British politician, Arthur James Balfour. Apart from offering a serious study of Balfour, this book also provides fascinating insights into the great men of Balfour's time-Disraeli, Salisbury, Campbell-Bannerman, Kitchener, Winston Churchill, Chamberlin, and others.

384 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1968

About the author

Denis Judd was born in Northamptonshire in 1938 and educated in a village primary school before passing the 'Eleven Plus' and entering the local grammar school. He won a State Scholarship to Oxford, where he took his first degree in Modern History at Magdalen College, going on to study for a PhD at London University, on: 'A. J. Balfour and the evolution and problems of the British Empire 1874-1906.' He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

He has been Head of History, and is now Professor Emeritus of Imperial and Commonwealth History, at the London Metropolitan University. In his research, writing and broadcasting he has specialised in the British Empire and Commonwealth, especially South Africa and India. He has also written extensively on British history, on aspects of the monarchy, and among his biographies is the authorised life of the children’s author Alison Uttley.