497 (1882), _portrait_; _Graphic xxvi_, 605 (1882), _portrait_.
BALGUY, JOHN (_eld. son of John Balguy of Darwent hall, Derbyshire,
recorder of Derby who d. 14 Sep. 1833_). _b._ 14 Sep. 1782;
barrister M.T. 14 June 1805, bencher 1833; recorder of Derby 1830
to death; Q.C. 1833; chairman of Derbyshire quarter sessions 1837;
bankruptcy comr. at Birmingham 21 Oct. 1842 to death. _d._
Duffield hall near Derby 16 Dec. 1858.
BALL, CHARLES ASHBY. _b._ Albury, Surrey 1809; entered the paper
business 1826; purchased with his father the Guerres works near
Dieppe 1829; founded the Doullens works 1836; purchased the
Valvernes works near Dieppe; manufactured paper from esparto and
bleached straw; founded the Fort Andemer works 1844; sold his
business to La Compagnie des Establishments de la Risle 1869;
perfected many important improvements in manufacture of paper.
_d._ Sainte Addresse near Havre 27 March 1885.
BALL, FRANCES (_6 and youngest child of John Ball of Dublin,
merchant who d. 1808_). _b._ Eccles st. Dublin 9 Jany. 1794;
joined the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Mickle Bar
convent York 11 June 1814; introduced this Institution into
Ireland 1821; assumed name of Sister Mary Theresa 8 Sep. 1814;
founded in various parts of the world 37 convents tenanted by
about 800 nuns. _d._ Rathfarnham Abbey near Dublin 19 May 1861.
_Life by H. J. Coleridge_ 1881, _portrait_; _Life by Wm. Hutch,
D.D._ 1879.
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