John Thomas Ball
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John Thomas Ball (24 July 1815-17 March 1898), Irish lawyer 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.
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- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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| Preceded by: Michael Harrison |
Solicitor General for Ireland 1868 |
Succeeded by: Henry Ormsby |
| Preceded by: Robert Richard Warren |
Attorney General for Ireland 1868 |
Succeeded by: Edward Sullivan |
| Preceded by: C. Palles |
Attorney General for Ireland 1874 |
Succeeded by: Henry Ormsby |
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| Preceded by: In Commission |
Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1875–1881 |
Succeeded by: The Lord O'Hagan |
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