Famous People with Name Archibald

Archibald Blaber            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Archibald Blaber: was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was born in Horsted Keynes and died in Cuckfield. Blaber made two first-class appearances, both in University matches, for the side - the first in 1890 and the second in 1894. He picked up just one wicket with the ball in 25 overs of batting. Twenty-eight of the twenty-nine runs he scored in first-class cricket came when he was pushed further up the order to bat alongside three-time Test batsman Harry Butt.

Archibald Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Archibald Campbell: was an English cricketer. Campbell made a single first-class appearance for pre-county club Hampshire against Nottinghamshire. In the match Campbell was dismissed for a duck in Hampshire's first innings by William Clarke and remained unbeaten on 0 in Hampshire's second innings, with Hampshire losing by 39 runs.

Archibald Alexander Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Archibald Alexander Jackson: was an Australian cricketer who played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. A teenage prodigy, he played first grade cricket at only 15 years of age and was selected for New South Wales at 17. In 1929, aged 19, Jackson made his Test debut against England, scoring 164 runs in the first innings to become the youngest player to score a Test century. Test debut (cap 130) 1 February 1929 v England, Last Test 14 February 1931 v West Indies.

Archibald John Burgess Fowler            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Archibald John Burgess Fowler: was an English cricketer. Archie Fowler represented Middlesex County Cricket Club in 26 first-class matches between 1921 and 1930 and received his County Cap. He succeeded George Fenner as the County Coach at Middlesex during the mid 1930s and is remember

Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson: was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864. Since there are two United Kingdom peerages subsumed in that Irish Earldom, he was entitled to an automatic seat in th

Nancy Archibald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Archibald: was a Canadian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Otto Christian Archibald            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otto Christian Archibald: was a German politician and diplomat, and the Prince of Bismarck from 1904 to his death.He was a member of the DNVP (the conservative party) in the Weimar Republic, and served as a Member of Parliament from 1924 to 1928. In 1933 he joined the Nazi Party a

Sir Adams George Archibald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir Adams George Archibald: was a Canadian lawyer and politician, and a father of Confederation. He was based in Nova Scotia for most of his career, though he also served as 1st Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1870 to 1872.

Thomas Dickson Archibald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Dickson Archibald: was a Canadian businessman and politician. In 1854 he was appointed to a seat on the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, upon the recommendation of William Young. He retained this position until Canadian Confederation in 1867. On 23 October 1867, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by royal proclamation, where he sat as a Liberal-Conservative representing the senatorial division of North Sydney until his death.

Samuel George William Archibald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel George William Archibald: was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1806 to 1836 and Colchester County from 1836 to 1841 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Archibald was named King's Counsel in 1817. In 1818, he was surrogate general for the colony's vice admiralty court. In 1819, he unsuccessfully prosecuted Richard John Uniacke, Jr. who took part in the last fatal duel in Nova Scotia. He suffered a stroke in 1836 which left him for a time with paralysis of his facial muscles and difficulty speaking. In 1841, he was named master of the rolls and resigned his seat in the assembly. Archibald died in Halifax in 1846 of a severe stroke.