Nicholas Ball (Irish lawyer)
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This article is about the nineteenth-century Irish lawyer. For the British actor, see Nicholas Ball.
Nicholas Ball (died 19 January 1865) was a nineteenth-century Irish barrister. During Lord Melbourne's second government he served as Attorney-General for Ireland from 11 July 1838 to 23 February 1839.
Ball was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Irish constituency of Clonmel between 1836 and his appointment as a Judge in 1839.
When Ball was appointed as a judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, he was only the second Roman Catholic since the reign of James II to be appointed a judge in Ireland.
He lived for many years in No 75, St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
His son John Ball (naturalist) was a Liberal politician and a noted naturalist.
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- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Vol. I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
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