Henry John Ball

Henry John Ball (c. 1820 – August 20, 1874) was a Hong Kong Judge and government official.

He was the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction and had acted on many position including the Chief Justice, Colonial Secretary, Attorney General and had sat on the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong.

[8] He sat on the Legislative Council as acting Chief Justice and as an unofficial member in 1866–73.

Judge Ball married Sarah Westle Maria Skelton at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1866.

It is probable he died in 1874 prior to the typhoon which hit Hong Kong on 22–23 September 1874.