John Thomas Ball QC was an Irish barrister and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, LLD 1844; barrister, 1840; Queen's Counsel, 1854; Vicar-General of the province of Armagh, 1862; Queen's Advocate in Ireland, 1865; Solicitor General for Ireland, 1868; Attorney General for Ireland, 1868 and 1874–1875. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1868.

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  • John Thomas Ball QC was an Irish barrister and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, LLD 1844; barrister, 1840; Queen's Counsel, 1854; Vicar-General of the province of Armagh, 1862; Queen's Advocate in Ireland, 1865; Solicitor General for Ireland, 1868; Attorney General for Ireland, 1868 and 1874–1875. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1868. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University 1868–1875; Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1880. Opposed Irish Church Act; assisted in framing future constitution of disestablished Church of Ireland; opposed Gladstone's first Irish Land Bill of 1870 and Irish University Bill of 1873. Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1875–1881. His son, F Elrington Ball, was an author and legal historian.
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  • John Thomas Ball QC was an Irish barrister and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, LLD 1844; barrister, 1840; Queen's Counsel, 1854; Vicar-General of the province of Armagh, 1862; Queen's Advocate in Ireland, 1865; Solicitor General for Ireland, 1868; Attorney General for Ireland, 1868 and 1874–1875. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1868.
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  • John Thomas Ball
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