1893 text
Sir Peter Ball was the Queen’s Attorney-General, and Evelyn mentions, in his Diary (January 11th, 1661-62), having received from him the draft of an act against the nuisance of the smoke of London.
This text comes from a footnote on a diary entry in the 1893 edition edited by Henry B. Wheatley.
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Sir Peter Ball (died 1680) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1626 and 1640. He was attorney general to Queen Henrietta Maria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete…
Third Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
L&M: Sir Peter Ball (died 1680). Attorney General to the Queen Mother, 1643 - 1667. Referred to by Pepys in 1700 as an "old friend".