Peter Ball

Sir Peter Ball (died 1680) was an English landowner, barrister, and courtier who sat in the House of Commons in 1626, 1628/1629, and briefly in 1640. A royalist during the English Civil Wars, he was attorney general to Queen Henrietta Maria.

Ball was the son of Giles Ball of Mamhead, Devon. He was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1623 and became recorder of Exeter. He was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament for Tiverton in 1626 and was re-elected in 1628. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In 1636, he became an associate to the bench. and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford on 19 February 1644. and Robert Ball, the MP.

Arms

The canting coat of arms of the head of the Ball family of Mamhead, Devon, is blazoned: Argent a chevron gules between three fire balls proper.