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BALL—BALLANTYNE—BAMBER—BAMBER. his wounds by the Patriotic Society. He married, first, in 1806, his cousin, Mary Balfour, only child of Wm. Manson, Esq., of Kirkwall; and, secondly, in 1823, Mary Margaret, daughter of Andrew Baikie, Esq. He has left issue five sons and six daughters. His eldest son, the late Thos. Balfour, Esq., was M.P. for Orkney. Another son, William, was recently a Lieutenant in the 79th Highlanders. – J. Hinxman.

 BALL. 

entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton and Wm. Wolseley, forming part of the fleet in the Channel, where he became successively attached to the 80, flagship of Sir Rich. King, and 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham. After an additional servitude of nearly eight years in the East Indies on board the 24,  32, and  alias  36, all commanded by Capt. Walter Bathurst,  74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and 40, Capt. John Bastard (during which period he was on one occasion taken prisoner), Mr. Ball obtained a commission, dated 2 Jan. 1809. His subsequent appointments were – 9 March, 1809, to the 18, Capts. Thos. Folliott Baugh and Wm. Ffarington, on the Home station – 27 Sept. 1815, to the 18, Capt. Jas. Murray, in the Mediterranean – 10 Feb. 1821, after upwards of two years of half-pay, to the 28, commanded by the same officer, off Newfoundland – 13 Feb. 1822, to the  42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends, on the coast of Africa – and, 14 June, 1824, to the 42, Capt. Lord Byron, under whom he escorted from this country the remains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands. He was paid off from the in Dec. 1826, and on 28 Aug. 1828, was advanced to his present rank. Since that period he has not been afloat.

 BALL. 

was born 29 Nov. 1794.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1807, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the storeship, Master-Commanders Dan. M‘Coy and Alex. Black; removed as Midshipman, in May, 1810, to the 18, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne; and, in the course of 1814, successively joined the 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar,  74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams, 60, Capt. John Davie, and  74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In Jan. 1813, while in charge, with only four of his own men to assist him, of a captured vessel, a body of 12 prisoners who were on board contrived to gain possession of her; but nine of them being killed, and the rest wounded and secured by the British in a desperate attempt made by the latter to recover their ascendancy, the prize was brought triumphantly into port. On rejoining the, Mr. Ball was employed on the West Scheldt in the arduous duty of obstructing the supplies intended for the enemy’s fleet; and when in the Berwick he witnessed the siege and surrender of Gaeta. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1815, but did not take up his commission until his return to England in June, 1816; since which period, with the exception of a twelve-month in the Coast Guard, which he was obliged to leave in consequence of having broken a leg, he has been on half-pay. – J. Chippendale.

 BALLANTYNE. 

was born 20 Aug. 1775.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1794, as A.B., on board the 98, Capt. Thos. Larcom, bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Bourmaster. Proceeding subsequently to the West Indies in the 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Harvey, he assisted as Midshipman at the reduction of Trinidad, and the attack upon Porto Rico, in 1797; after which he became attached, as Master’s Mate, to the  and, both commanded by Capt. Wm. D’Urban, in the Mediterranean, and served, from Jan. 1805, to Feb. 1808, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Stow, on the Channel and South America stations. Having been awarded a commission, dated 4 June, 1807, he subsequently joined – 5 March, 1808, the bomb, Capt. Henry Jas. Lyford, in the North Sea – 1 Sept. 1809, the 10, Capt. Rich. Spear, off Yarmouth – and, 18 Feb. 1814, the 18, Capt. Dan. Ross, on the coast of Africa. Commander Ballantyne, who has not been employed since Jan. 1815, accepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843.

 BALLARD. 

entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1831; and in Dec. 1836, while Midshipman of the 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bosanquet, assisted, after a chase of 800 miles, at the boarding and capture, within musket-shot distance of a Portuguese frigate and an 84-gun battery at Mozambique, of the Diogenes a slaver, mounting five 24-pounders, with a complement of 70 men. Passing his examination 5 Oct. 1837, he subsequently served as Mate, in the Mediterranean and East Indies, of the 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stopford, and 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; from which latter ship he was promoted to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 1843, in the  72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. Since 26 June, 1844, Mr. Ballard has been serving, also in the East Indies, on board the 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford.

 BAMBER. 

, born 10 June, 1812, is son of the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, R.N., an officer of very distinguished merit, who died in Nov. 1843, after having faithfully served his country for 55 years, 28 of which had been passed in active employment, chiefly during the hottest part of the late wars.

This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, with whom, after serving for nearly four years as Midshipman, off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, of the  and  76’s, Capts. Fred. Warren and Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, he returned to England in 1830 on board the 80. He then served for three years, on the Home station, in the 72, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, and gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings; and in Nov. 1833, shortly after passing his examination, was appointed Mate of the 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in the Mediterranean. In March, 1837, Mr. Bamber had the misfortune to have his right ankle so crushed between two lower-deck guns, while superintending the removal of one of them, as to render amputation of the leg unavoidable. He obtained his commission 1 Sept. following, and was afterwards appointed, 11 May, 1839, again to the, and, 11 May, 1841, to the 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, also stationed in the Mediterranean, whence, owing to a fall from a ladder, he was obliged to invalid, on 3 of the ensuing Nov. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Bamber is in receipt of a pension of 45l. 12s. He married, 27 May, 1839, a daughter of U. Godfrey, Esq., of Woodlands, co. Surrey, by whom he has issue three children.

