| Lynton Yates Ballentine | |
| Office: | 12th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture |
| Term Start: | 1949 |
| Term End: | July 19, 1964 |
| Governor: | W. Kerr Scott William B. Umstead Luther H. Hodges Terry Sanford |
| Predecessor: | David S. Coltrane |
| Successor: | James Allen Graham |
| Office2: | 20th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina |
| Term Start2: | January 4, 1945 |
| Term End2: | January 6, 1949 |
| Governor2: | R. Gregg Cherry |
| Predecessor2: | Reginald L. Harris |
| Successor2: | Hoyt Patrick Taylor |
| Office3: | Member of the North Carolina Senate ThirteenthSenatorial District |
| Term Start3: | 1937 |
| Term End3: | 1943[1] |
| Office4: | Member of the Wake County, N.C. Board of Commissioners |
| Term Start4: | 1926 |
| Term End4: | 1934 |
| Birth Date: | April 6, 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Varina, North Carolina |
| Death Date: | July 19, 1964 (aged 65) |
| Death Place: | White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Wake Forest University (BA) |
| Nickname: | Stag |
Lynton Yates Ballentine (April 6, 1899 – July 19, 1964) was a North Carolina politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949 and as the 12th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture from 1949 until his death on July 19, 1964.
Ballentine, also known by the nickname "Stag", was born on April 6, 1899, to James Erastus and Lillian (Yates) Ballentine on a farm in Varina, North Carolina.
Ballentine attended Oakwood and Cardenas Elementary Schools and from 1913–1917 Holly Springs High School. In 1921 Ballentine received his B.A. in Political Economy from Wake Forest College, now known as Wake Forest University.
After graduating from Wake Forest College, Ballentine returned home to help operate the family dairy farm. Ballentine was active in the North Carolina Democratic Party, and was elected to the Wake County Board of Commissioners and to the North Carolina Senate before seeking statewide office.
Ballentine died on July 19, 1964, of coronary thrombosis, coronary atherosclerosis in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.[2]