| Bethune of Balfour | |
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| Motto | Debonnaire (Of good lineage) |
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| Region | Lowlands |
| District | Fife and Angus |
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| Bethune of Balfour no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan | |
| Historic seat | Balfour in Markinch, Fife |
| Last Chief | Charles Congalton Bethune (1849-1923), 25th of Balfour |
Bethune of Balfour is an ancient Scottish family who from about 1375 to 1888 were lairds of Balfour in Fife, an estate in the Lowlands parish of Markinch. Originating before the year 1000 in the town of Béthune, then in the county of Flanders, over the centuries the pronunciation of the family name shifted from the original French bay-tune to the Scots bee-t'n, usually written Beaton. From about 1560, members of the family started using the French spelling again.
Bethune families originating in the Scottish Highlands and Scottish Islands are entirely separate lines.