Jabez Balfour the memorial plaques at Croydon University Hospital (formerly Mayday Hospital). Croydon Road and Tamworth Road in Arthur's Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne, were built using funds invested in the Liberator Building Society and named in tribute to Balfour. Jabez Balfour Jabez Spencer Balfour (4 September 1843 – 23 February 1916) was an English businessman, British Liberal Party politician and fraudster. Balfour was born in Marylebone, London to James and Clara Lucas Balfour. He was Member of Parliament for Tamworth from 1880 to 1885, and for Burnley from 1889 to 1893. Balfour was also interested in local politics in his home town
Ronald Walker (British politician) followed him into Liberal politics, also becoming a prominent figure in the party. Ronald Walker (British politician) Sir Ronald Fitz-John Walker (1880–26 March 1971) was a British Liberal Party politician. Born in Mirfield, Walker worked for his family's blanket-making business. His brother was killed in World War I, leaving him to raise his nephew, John Walker. Walker first stood for Parliament as a Liberal at the 1922 general election. He was elected to the party's National Executive the following year, then stood unsuccessfully for Parliament on five further occasions, the last being the 1935 general election. He contested Leeds North