NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ball, Alexander John, Sir, 1756?-1809 NRA: Ball Sir Alexander John (1757-1809) 1st Baronet Rear Admiral DNB: Ball, Sir Alexander John, baronet (1756-1809), naval officer and politician in Malta LBT ID: AlBall1809 VIAF ID: 73127370 LOC ID: n96100307 | B/BAP: 1756-07-22 DIED: 1809-10-25 |
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After serving in the Mediterranean under Nelson he was governor of Malta from 1803;
Samuel Taylor Coleridge served as his secretary and wrote a memoir of him in The Friend.
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