Henry Ballow
Henry Ballow or Bellewe (1707–1782), was a lawyer, and held posts in the Exchequer which exempted him from the necessity of practice. He is reputed as the probable author of A Treatise upon Equity, first published in 1737 and running to at least five editions. Biography Details of Ballow's life are sketchy. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was probably born on 3 May 1704 in Westminster; educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 27 January 1721, and called to the bar on 6 November 1728. He was a deputy chamberlain of the exchequer, a post acquired either because his father before him was a deputy chamberlain; or because of the influence of the Townshends, in whose family he was some time a tutor. He was a friend of Mark Akenside, the poet, who was at one time intimate with Charles Townshend. Samuel Johnson says that he learned what law he knew chiefly from 'a Mr. Ballow, a very able man'. Ballow died in London on 26 July 1782 aged 75. Malone, who calls him Thomas Ballow, attributes to him A Treatise Upon Equity. A copy in the British Museum, dated 1750, and assigned