John Ball (Drogheda MP)

John Ball (c. 1754[2][3][4] – 24 August 1813) was an Irish barrister and politician.[5]

Bust sculpted by John Smyth in 1837[1]

Ball was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] From 1796 to 1800, he was MP for Drogheda in the Irish House of Commons.[6] Ball pleaded without success against the union in parliament and was seen as one of the most able lawyers of his day.[7]

References
  1. Larkin, Rita. "Smyth, John". In Murphy, Paula (ed.). Sculpture 1600–2000. Art and Architecture of Ireland. Vol. III. Yale University Press. pp. 324–325. ISBN 978-0-300-17921-7.
  2. George Dames Burtchaell; Thomas Ulick Sadleir, eds. (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd. p. 35. doi:10.48495/70795b624.
  3. Woods, C. J. (2009). "Ball, John". Ireland's national biographical dictionary. doi:10.3318/dib.000345.v1.
  4. Monument in St. Peter's Church Drogheda: "MORTEM OBIIT A.D. MDCCCXIII AETATIS LIX", see File:Drogheda St. Peter's Church of Ireland John Ball Monument by John Smyth 2022 08 26.jpg
  5. Wright, William Ball (1908). Ball Family Records (PDF). York. p. 98. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. O'Hart, John (2021). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  7. Major-General Stubbs (1919). "Louth Members of the Irish Parliament". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 375–86. JSTOR 27729240.


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