George Balfour (Liberal politician)

General Sir George Balfour KCB (8 December 1809 – 12 March 1894) was a British Army officer and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1872 to 1892.

A total of 138 acres along the Huangpu River bank, immediately north of the walled city, became "English Ground" and later the International Settlement.

Balfour first rented a house within the Shanghai town walls for use as the official British consular residence.

Balfour joined the Madras Army as a staff officer in April 1840 and served under General Montgomerie in China.

In 1865 he was promoted to major-general and was a member of Royal Commission on Recruiting for the Army from 1866 to 1867, and assistant to the Controller-in-Chief at the War Office from 1868 to 1871.