John Ball (Drogheda MP)

John Ball (1744 – 24 August 1813) was an Irish barrister and politician.[2]

Bust sculpted by John Smyth in 1837[1]

Ball was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] From 1796 to 1800, he was MP for Drogheda in the Irish House of Commons.[4] Ball pleaded without success against the union in parliament and was seen as one of the most able lawyers of his day.[5]

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. Wright, William Ball (1908). Ball Family Records (PDF). York. p. 98. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p36: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. 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.
  5. "Louth Members of the Irish Parliament". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 375–86. 1919. JSTOR 27729240.


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