Clement Thornton Hallam

Sir Clement Thornton Hallam (4 January 1891 – 17 March 1965) was solicitor to the General Post Office.[1][2][3]

Sir Clement Thornton Hallam
Born4 January 1891
Somerset East, South Africa
Died17 March 1965 (aged 74)
Harrow on the Hill
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationBedford Modern School
Known forSolicitor to the General Post Office

Life

Hallam was born in Somerset East, South Africa in 1891, the son of William Abner, from Leicester, England, and Wilhelmina Charlotte, from South Africa.[4] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[5]

In 1914, Hallam was admitted to the bar[6] and he entered the Solicitor's Department of the General Post Office in 1915 becoming Solicitor to the GPO (1943–53).[7] During World War II he was seconded to the Imperial Defence College.[7] He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1948.[7]

In 1915, Hallam married Irene Parrington Faraday in Ormskirk, Lancashire. They had two sons. Sir Clement Hallam died in Harrow on 17 March 1965.[7]

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References
  1. Obituary in The Times, March 19, 1965, p.17
  2. 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. Kelly’s Handbook To The Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1962, Published by Kelly’s Directories Limited 1962
  4. 1911 England Census
  5. Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red, Andrew Underwood 1981
  6. "Obituary: Sir Clement Thornton Hallam". The Solicitors' Journal. 109: 260. 1965.
  7. Who Was Who, Published by A&C Black Limited; online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014
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