Sir Albert Ball JP (20 July 1863 – 27 March 1946) was Mayor of Nottingham and Lord Mayor of Nottingham, and the father of the famous Great War air ace Captain Albert Ball (1896–1917), a recipient of the Victoria Cross. In 1908, he purchased Bulwell Hall with 575 acres and mineral rights for £35,000 (equivalent to £3,681,242) . In 1914, he retired as a director of the Austin Motor Company. In April 1919 he purchased Papplewick Hall for £136,410 (equivalent to £6,314,903 in 2019) . In 1936 he also bought Upton Hall. His portrait, by Noel Denholm Davis, in the collection of .