Edward Hughes (Ball) Ball Hughes (1798 - 1863)

Born 28 May 1798 in Lambourne, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Mercandotti) Ball Hughes — married 23 Mar 1823 (to 1839) in Banff, Scotland

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1863 at age 64 in Paris, France

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Biography

Edward (Ball) Ball Hughes is Notable.

This profile is part of the Ball Name Study.

Edward (Ball) Ball Hughes was featured in works by Georgette Heyer.

Edward, son of David Ball & Sarah, was baptised on 10 June 1798 in Lambourne, Essex, England.^[1]

He inherited a vast sum of money (£41,000 a year - £3 million) from his step-grandfather, Admiral Edward Hughes (but had to take his surname), who had married his grandmother, Mrs Ruth Ball. Her eldest son was Captain Henry Ball R.N. and her second son David Ball was the father of "Golden Ball".

Edward married dancer Maria Mercandotti on 23 March 1823 in Banff, Banffshire, Scotland.^[2] The couple were divorced in 1839.

"Golden Ball" had spent lavishly and gambled away his entire fortune. He fled to France, and never returned to England.

Children

with second wife, actress Eliza Breugnot Monborne:
Edward Seymour, Adeline Eleanor, Sydney Matilda

with Anne Henriette de Dauvet:
Edward Edmund Hughes Ball Hughes, Kate Henrietta Edwardine Hughes Ball Hughes (who became Comtesse de Roydeville-Pringa upon her marriage)

Hughes died in 1863 at the age of 65, leaving behind an estate worth a little over £30,000 or about £3 million today.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Essex Baptisms"
   Archive: Essex Record Office; Reference: D/P 181/1/3
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 11 March 2024)
   Edward Hughes Ball baptism on 10 Jun 1798, son of David Ball & Sarah, in Lambourne, Essex, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 8; FHL microfilm: 990818
   FamilySearch Record: XTRL-M5B (accessed 11 March 2024)
   Edward Ball Hughes marriage to Maria Mercandotti on 23 Mar 1823 in Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

• "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJM-P84Z : 30 August 2018), Edward Hughes Ball-Hughes See Hughes, 1863; citing Probate, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .

See Also:

• Wikipedia Edward Ball Hughes
• Georgette Heyer, in whose novels Sylvester, False Colours, and Cotillion he featured
• ODNB entry for his step-grandfather, Admiral Sir Edward Hughes [1]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hughes_Ball_Hughes