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Alexander Balfour (1767–1829)
Balfour, Alexander (bal’för). A Scotch poet and novelist; born at Monikie, Forfarshire, March 1, 1767; died on Sept. 12, 1829. He wrote: ‘Campbell, or the Scottish Probationer’ (1819); ‘Contemplation and Other Poems’ (1820); ‘Farmer’s Three Daughters’ (1822); ‘The Foundling of Glenthorn, or the Smuggler’s Cave’ (1823); ‘Highland Mary’ (1827).