Balfour Declaration of 1926 , issued by the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London , was named after Lord President of the Council ( and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ) Arthur Balfour . It declared the United Kingdom and the Dominions to be : The Inter-Imperial Relations Committee , chaired by Balfour , drew up the document preparatory to its unanimous approval by the imperial premiers on 15 November 1926 . It was first proposed by South African Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
1926 Imperial Conference
1926 Imperial Conference
Balfour Declaration of 1926