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See also:BALL, See also:SIR See also:ALEXANDER See also:JOHN, See also:BART . (1759-1809), See also:British See also:rear-See also:admiral and See also:governor of See also:Malta, came of a See also:Gloucestershire See also:family. He entered the See also:navy, and in 1778 was promoted See also:lieutenant. Three years later began a See also:close association with See also:Rodney, and, two days after his See also:chief's crowning victory of See also:April 12, 1782, Ball was promoted See also:commander, and in 1783 he became See also: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 in See also:France with the See also:double purpose of learning the See also:language and living economically. See also: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 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 in heavy See also:weather caused the latter to forget his former animosity, and from that time the two were close See also:friends. Under Nelson's command Ball took See also:part in the See also:battle of the See also:Nile, and his ship, the " Alexander," was the particular opponent of Brueys' See also:flagship, " L'Orient;" which blew up. Two months later he was ordered to the See also: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 and See also:local See also:militia, which made the See also:siege on the See also:land See also:side. His care for his men laid the See also:foundations of his popularity with the Maltese which continued till his See also: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) to 1809 he was governor of Malta, where he endeared himself to the See also:people by his regard for their interests, and his opposition to the policy of treating the See also:island as a conquered dependency. His friendship with See also:Lord Nelson, whose letters prove his high regard for him, was only broken by death. Ball died on the 20th of See also:October 1809 and was buried in Malta. Sir Alexander Ball was See also:kind to See also:Coleridge and is highly praised by him in The Friend, " The Third Landing See also:Place." There are numerous mentions of Ball in Nelson's Despatches, in Sir H. See also:Nicolas' edition.
End of Article: BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
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