BALL, NICHOLAS (_son of John Ball of Dublin, silk mercer_). _b._ Dublin 1791; ed. at Stonyhurst and Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1812; called to Irish bar 1814; K.C. 1830; bencher of King’s Inns 1836; M.P. for Clonmel 1836–39; third Serjeant at law 10 Nov. 1836 to 11 July 1838; attorney general 11 July 1838 to 23 Feb. 1839; P.C. Ireland 1838; justice of Irish Court of Common Pleas 23 Feb. 1839 to death. _d._ 85 Stephens Green, Dublin 15 Jany. 1865. BALL, RICHARD. Lived at Bridgewater, Bristol and Taunton successively; a Friend; joined the Plymouth Brethren; author of _Holy Scripture the test of truth_ 1835; _Christianity in China_ 1850; _Horæ Sabbaticæ or the Sabbatic cycle the divine chronometer_ 1853. _d._ Aberdeen terrace, Clifton 10 May 1862 aged 68. _Smith’s Friends’ Books i_, 161–63 (1867). BALL, ROBERT (_son of Bob Stawel Ball_). _b._ Cove of Cork 1 April 1802; clerk in under secretary’s office in Dublin 1827–52; F.R.S. Dublin 1834; M.R.I.A. 23 Feb. 1835, treasurer 1845 to death; member of Geol. soc. of Ireland 1835, pres. 1852; sec. to Zoological society of Dub. 1837 to death; director of museum of Trinity college Dub. 1844, presented his valuable private collection to the college; hon. LLD. Dub. 1850; sec. to Queen’s Univ. in Ireland 1851; founded University zoological and botanical association 1853. (_m._ 21 Sep. 1837 Amelia Gresley dau. of Thomas Hellicar of Bristol, merchant, she was granted a civil list pension of £100 4 Oct. 1858). _d._ Dublin 30 March 1857. _Natural history review v_, 1–34 (1858), _portrait_. BALL, SAMUEL. Member of East India Company’s establishment at Canton 1804–26; author of _Observations on expediency of opening a second port in China_ 1817; _An account of the cultivation and manufacture of tea in China_ 1848. _d._ Sion house, Wolverley 5 March 1874 in 94 year. BALL, THOMAS GERRARD (_son of Abraham Ball of Chester_). _b._ Chester 24 Jany. 1791; served in navy 1801–1807; ensign 34 foot 17 Sep. 1807; lieut. col. 8 foot 2 Oct. 1835 to 25 Oct. 1842 when placed on h.p.; col. 46 foot 24 April 1860 and of 8 foot 17 June 1861 to death; general 10 Jany. 1870. _d._ 7 Stanley place, Chester 18 Dec. 1881. BALL, WILLIAM (_son of Richard Ball of Bridgwater who d. 1834_). _b._ Bridgwater 1 Jany. 1801; solicitor at Bristol 1828–35; a minister of Society of Friends 1846 to death. (_m._ 1834 Anne Dale, she _d._ 1861). Author of _Nugæ Sacræ or psalms and hymns and spiritual songs_ [_anon._] 1825; _The Transcript and other poems_ 1855; _Hymns or lyrics_ 1864; _Verses composed since 1870_, 1875. _d._ at an hotel in Aberdeen 30 July 1878. _Annual Monitor for 1879 pp._ 8–54.