Hall Baronets

Hall baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hall, one
in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingd
om. Three of the creations are extant as of 2010.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Dunglass in the County of Haddington, was created in the
Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 October 1687 for John Hall. The fourth Baronet wa
s a politician, geologist and geophysicist. The tenth Baronet was Director of th
e Food Section at the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War and subse
quently Chief Reconstruction Officer for Scotland at the Ministry of Labour. The
fourteenth Baronet was Governor of British Somaliland.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Llanover in the County of Monmouthshire, was created in t
he Baronetage of the United Kingdom in July 1838. For more information on this c
reation, see Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Burton Park in the County of Sussex, was created in the B
aronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 September 1919 for the Conservative politi
cian Douglas Hall. He was the son of Bernard Hall, the first ever Mayor of Liver
pool.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Grafham in the County of Surrey,[1] was created in the Ba
ronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 March 1923 for the businessman and Conservat
ive politician Frederick Hall.
Hall baronets, of Dunglass (1687)[edit]
Sir John Hall, 1st Baronet (died 1695)
Sir James Hall, 2nd Baronet (died 1742) Hall married (as his 2nd wife) Margaret
Pringle, daughter of Sir John Pringle, 2nd Bart of Stichill. They had issue.[2]
Sir John Hall, 3rd Baronet (died 1776)
Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet (1761 1832)
Sir John Hall, 5th Baronet FRS (1787 1860)
Sir James Hall, 6th Baronet (1824 1876)
Sir Basil Francis Hall, 7th Baronet (1832 1909)
Sir Henry John Hall, 8th Baronet (1835 1913)
Sir John Richard Hall, 9th Baronet (1865 1928)
Sir Martin Julian Hall, 10th Baronet (1874 1958)
Sir Julian Henry Hall, 11th Baronet (1907 1974)
Sir Lionel Reid Hall, 12th Baronet (1898 1975)
Sir Neville Reynolds Hall, 13th Baronet (1900 1978)
Sir Douglas Basil Hall, 14th Baronet (1909 2004)
Sir John Douglas Hoste Hall, 15th Baronet (born 1945)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Thomas James Hall (born 1975).
He was a Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1826. He was elected Member of Parliament f
or Monmouth in May 1831, but his name was erased from the return already in July
of the same year. However, he was successfully re-elected for the same constitu
ency in December 1832.[1] He was instrumental in the passing of the Truck Acts o
f 1831 and campaigned against the abuse of parliamentary election expenses and c
hampioned the right of people in Wales to have religious services in Welsh. He a
lso engaged in bitter controversy with the bishops on the state of the Anglican
church in Wales and made attacks on the shameless exploitation of church revenue
s, complaining of unbounded nepotism.[2] In 1837 he was returned for Marylebone[
3] and the following year he was created a baronet.[4]
He served under Lord Aberdeen and then Lord Palmerston as President of the Board
of Health between 1854 and 1855 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1854.[5]
In 1855 he introduced an Act of Parliament which led to the establishment of the
Metropolitan Board of Works. He became First Commissioner of Works the same yea
r and was responsible for many environmental and sanitary improvements in London
.[6] He oversaw the later stages of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament,
including the installation of the 13.8-tonne hour bell, "Big Ben", in the clock
tower. He was a tall man and many attribute its name to him, but this is questio
nable.[7] Through his wife, Hall inherited the Llanover estate in Monmouthshire.
He remained as First Commissioner of Works under parliament until the Whigs los
t power in 1858. The following year he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Llan
over, of Llanover and Abercarn in the County of Monmouth.[8] From 1861 to 1867 h
e was Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire.[9]

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