Gage John Hall

General Gage John Hall (died 1854) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Hall was commissioned as an ensign on 29 May 1783.[1] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1801 and to major-general on 4 June 1813,[1] he served as acting Governor of British Mauritius from November 1817 to December 1818.[2] He raised the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot in response to the threat posed by the French intervention in Spain, in March 1824.[3]

Hall was promoted to lieutenant-general on 27 March 1825 and to full general on 23 November 1841.[1]

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Military offices
Preceded by Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham	Colonel of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot 1832–1854	Succeeded by Sir George William Paty

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