Ball Baronets of Blofield (1801)

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The Ball Baronetcy, of Blofield in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 June 1801 for the naval commander and colonial administrator Alexander Ball.^[1] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1874.

Ball baronets, of Blofield (1801)

Sir Alexander John Ball, 1st Baronet (1757–1809)^[2]
Sir William Keith Ball, 2nd Baronet (1791–1874), died without issue.^[3]

Notes

↑ "No. 15372". The London Gazette . 2 June 1801. p. 619.
↑ Frendo, Henry. "Ball, Sir Alexander John, baronet (1756–1809)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1210.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
↑ The Weekly Reporter. Wildy & Sons. 1888. p. 266.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Pepys baronets	Ball baronets of Blofield 24 June 1801	Succeeded by Bensley baronets

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[1] "No. 15372". The London Gazette . 2 June 1801. p. 619.

[2] Frendo, Henry. "Ball, Sir Alexander John, baronet (1756–1809)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1210.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[3] The Weekly Reporter. Wildy & Sons. 1888. p. 266.

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