Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

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