John Thomas Ball

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John Thomas Ball QC (24 July 1815 – 17 March 1898) was an Irish barrister and politician.

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 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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• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Anthony Lefroy Robert Warren	Member of Parliament for Dublin University with Anthony Lefroy 1868–1870 David Plunket 1870–1875 1868–1875	Succeeded by David Plunket Edward Gibson
Legal offices
Preceded by Michael Harrison	Solicitor General for Ireland 1868	Succeeded by Henry Ormsby
Preceded by Robert Warren	Attorney General for Ireland 1868	Succeeded by Edward Sullivan
Preceded by Christopher Palles	Attorney General for Ireland 1874	Succeeded by Henry Ormsby
Political offices
Preceded by In Commission	Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1875–1881	Succeeded by The Lord O'Hagan