Career
He was appointed to the Executive Council in 1789 by Lieutenant Governor William Macarmick. After 1795, Macarmick left the colony and Ball found himself in almost constant dispute with David Mathews, the new administrator. Number legislative assembly was in place and governing was done by the Executive Council which Matthews controlled.
He continued to have problems with succeeding administrations, ending up in jail at one point.
Ball died near Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was the elder brother of Sir JohnAlexander Ball,Captain, (later Admiral) of HMS Alexander at the Battle of the Nile and who became the first British governor of Malta
namesake of Balls Creek, Nova Scotia.
