Background
He was the eldest son of John Ball, a silk mercer of Dublin, where he lived for many years in Number 75, Street Stephen"s Green.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was the eldest son of John Ball, a silk mercer of Dublin, where he lived for many years in Number 75, Street Stephen"s Green.
Ball was called to the bar in 1814 and became a King"s Counsel in 1830. Six years later, he was nominated a King"s Serjeant and was admitted additionally a bencher of King"s Inns. In the same year he entered also the British House of Commons for Clonmel.
Ball served as Attorney-General for Ireland during Lord Melbourne"s second government from 11 July 1838 to 23 February 1839, having been sworn off the Privy Council of Ireland on taking office.
When he subsequently was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), he was only the second Roman Catholic since the reign of King James II of England to have held this post. Ball"s son, John, was a Liberal politician and a noted naturalist.
12th United Kingdom Parliament. 13th United Kingdom Parliament.