Career
Albert Ball started life as a plumber, and in 1896 was living at 301 Lenton Boulevard (now Castle Boulevard), Nottingham. By the end of the nineteenth century he had risen to become an estate agent, with an office in Nottingham and had moved to Sedgley House, 43 Lenton Avenue, The Park, Nottingham. He was a councillor for the Castle ward of the city and later appointed a justice of the peace.
In 1908 he purchased Bulwell Hall with 575 acres and mineral rights for £35,000 (£3,263,721 as of 2016).
In 1914 he retired as a director of the Austin Motor Company. In April 1919 he purchased Papplewick Hall for £136,410 (£5,598,677 as of 2016).
In 1936 he also bought Upton Hall. In 1926 he built himself a new property, Stansted House, on Derby Road, Nottingham.
He was Mayor of Nottingham in 1909, Alderman of Nottingham in 1929, and Lord Mayor of Nottingham in 1935.
He died on 27 March 1946. His portrait, by Noel Denholm Davis, in the collection of Nottingham City Museums and Galleries. He was the son of George Ball and Lois Attenborough.
The children from this marriage were:
Hilda Ball (16 August 1887 – 27 August 1887)
Lois Beatrice Ball (26 February 1892 – 1991) married in Nottingham on 2 March 1918 to Lieutenant G. Stafford Anderson
Albert Ball (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917)
Arthur Cyril Ball (1897 – 2 July 1958)
He died aged 83 in Bournemouth.
