See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BART SIR ALEXANDER JOHN BALL
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

BALL  . (1759-1809), See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• REAR

rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta, came of a See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire See also:

• FAMILY

family . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and in 1778 was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . Three years later began a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close association with See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney, and, two days after his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief's crowning victory of See also:

• APRIL

April 12, 1782, See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball was promoted See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, and in 1783 he became See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he spent a See also:

• YEAR

year in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France with the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double purpose of learning the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and living economically . See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson, then a captain, was at this time by no means favourably impressed by his future friend and comrade, and spoke of him as a See also:

• GREAT

great coxcomb." It was not until 1790 that Ball received a command . From that year, however, he was continuously employed . In 1798, assistance rendered by him to Nelson's See also:

• SHIP

ship in heavy See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather caused the latter to forget his former animosity, and from that time the two were close See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . Under Nelson's command Ball took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, and his ship, the " See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander," was the particular opponent of Brueys' See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship, " L'Orient;" which blew up . Two months later he was ordered to the See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade of Malta, which was kept up without a break for the next two years . Ball committed the blockade to his first lieutenant, and himself led the See also:

• MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

marines and See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, which made the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege on the See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . His care for his men laid the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of his popularity with the Maltese which continued till his See also:

• DEATH

death .

After the fall of Malta, Ball_ practically retired from the service, in spite of Nelson's urgent entreaty that he should continue afloat, and from i8oi (when he was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet) to 1809 he was governor of Malta, where he endeared himself to the See also:

• PEOPLE

people by his regard for their interests, and his opposition to the policy of treating the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island as a conquered dependency . His friendship with See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Nelson, whose letters prove his high regard for him, was only broken by death . Ball died on the 20th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1809 and was buried in Malta . See also:

• SIR

Sir Alexander Ball was See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind to See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge and is highly praised by him in The Friend, " The Third Landing See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place." There are numerous mentions of Ball in Nelson's Despatches, in Sir H . See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas' edition .