| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Archibald Balfour |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1840 |
| Birth Place: | Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Chelsea, London, England |
| Family: | Edith Lyttelton (daughter) Edward Balfour (brother) Robert Balfour (brother) Alfred Lyttelton (son-in-law) |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1862 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 16 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 5 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Date: | 1 September |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10345.html Cricinfo |
Archibald Balfour (16 July 1840 – 29 October 1922) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Charles Balfour, he was born at Marylebone in July 1840. He was educated at Westminster School, leaving in 1859 and being appointed a clerk in The Admiralty.[1] Balfour later played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Sussex at Lord's in 1862. He also made two first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Kent in the Canterbury Cricket Week's of 1862 and 1863.[2] Balfour struggled in his three first-class matches, scoring 16 runs in these matches, with a highest score 5.[3] Balfour later left the admiralty and became a merchant, like his father. He was a merchant in the Russian Empire at Saint Petersburg, where he was resident for many years.[4] Balfour later returned to England, where he died at Chelsea in October 1922. His daughter was Edith Lyttelton, the novelist, playwright, World War I-era activist and spiritualist, who was born in Saint Petersburg in 1865.[4] His son was Reginald Balfour (1875-1907), Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and a civil servant in educational administration. His brothers were Edward and Robert, who were both first-class cricketers.