John Hall (Buckingham MP)

General John Hall (1799[1] – 5 May 1872[2]) was a British Conservative Party[3] politician. He was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Buckingham at a by-election January 1846,[3] and was returned at the next three elections until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1859 general election.[3]

He belonged to the Hall family of Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, his father being John Hall (1767–1860).[4] In the 1860s, the family moved within the county to Six Mile Bottom, to an estate that passed to General John Hall's nephew on his death without issue.[5]

Hall entered the British Army in 1817, becoming a lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Life Guards in 1837, and major-general in 1855.[1]

References

1. "Wills and Bequests". The London Review (15): 351. 13 October 1860. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 69. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. Adrienne B Rosen, Susan M Keeling and C A F Meekings (1978). Parishes: Weston Colville in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 6, ed. A P M Wright. London: British History Online. pp. 182–191. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by General John Hall

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Chetwode, Bt Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt	Member of Parliament for Buckingham 1846 – 1859 With: Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt to February 1846 Marquess of Chandos February 1846–1857 Sir Harry Verney, Bt from 1857	Succeeded by John Gellibrand Hubbard Sir Harry Verney, Bt