Changes: Balfour Blane

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Balfour Blane (1566-1629) was the wizard who established the Committee on Experimental Charms.

Given that Pottermore revealed that the Ministry of Magic was formally established in 1707^[1] (78 years after Balfour Blane's death), it follows that the Committee on Experimental Charms must predate the Ministry itself, possibly having started out as part of the Wizards' Council.

The name "Balfour" is from a Scottish surname, originally from various place names, which meant "village pasture" in Gaelic.

British Ministry of Magic Departments
Unknown levels
Administrative Services · Archives · Committee on Experimental Charms · Department of Magical Artefacts · Department of Magical Education · Exploding bonbons disposal unit · Gold reserves · Magical Maintenance · Public Information Services · Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division · Remittance Office · Research committee · Very Important Members of Section M.I. Trx. · Wizarding Examinations Authority
Committee on Experimental Charms personnel
Balfour Blane · Gilbert Wimple
Department of Magical Artefacts personnel
Sage Bragnam (Head Curator)
Magical Maintenance Department personnel
Reginald Cattermole · Orford Umbridge · Lift attendant · Man
Research committee personnel
Phoebus Penrose (Head)
Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division personnel
Jacob's sibling · Crescent Flump · Olivia Green · Ruby Honeysuckle · Callum McClintock · ROCC Herbology expert
Wizarding Examinations Authority personnel
Griselda Marchbanks · Tofty · Unidentified plump little witch examiner · Unidentified examiner with a wart on his nose

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