| Authorised form of name | Ball; John (1818 - 1889) |
| Dates | 1818 - 1889 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 20 August 1818 |
| Place of death | His house, 10 Southwell Gardens, South Kensington |
| Date of death | 21 October 1889 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Oscott College; Christ's College, Cambridge. MA
Career:
Travelled in Europe; studied the Alps; called to the Irish Bar (1845); Assistant Poor Law Commissioner (1846-1847 and 1849-1851); MP for Carlow (1852); Under Secretary of State for the Colonies (1855-1857);
Memberships:
FLS; MRIA; Alpine Club (first President 1857)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1868 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1882-1883 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Nicholas Ball, Judge of the Court of Common Please, Ireland, and his wife Janes Sherlock of Butlerstown Castle, County Waterford; married twice |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889-1890 vol 47 pp v-ix signed by J D H |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/107533367 |
| Code | NA6334 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/4/38 | Letter from John Ball, Colonial Office, to John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley | 6 March 1857 |
| MM/4/37 | Letter from John Ball, Colonial Office, to John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley | 11 March 1857 |
| NLB/3/216 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 April 1889 |
| NLB/1/622 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 October 1887 |
| NLB/3/235 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 April 1889 |
| NLB/3/502 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 June 1889 |
| MC/15/17 | Letter from [Edward] Percival Wright, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, to [Herbert] Rix | 15 February 1889 |
| MS/427/146 | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J. Ball Esq. | 2 December 1881 |
| EC/1868/06 | Ball, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| NLB/14/221 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to William Turner Thiselton Dyer, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Sectional Committee of Botany | 23 January 1897 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |
| HS/5/11 | Letter, from John Ball to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bedgebury Park | 22 December 1860 |
| HS/5/12 | Letter, from John Ball to Sir John Herschel, dated at 18 Park St. | 11 January 1861 |
| HS/5/13 | Letter, from John Ball to Sir John Herschel, dated at 18 Park St. | 26 January 1861 |