Charles Hall (Holborn MP)
Sir Charles Hall, KCMG, PC, QC, (3 August 1843 – 9 March 1900)[1] was a British lawyer and politician.
He was the second son of Sir Charles Hall (1814–1883) and his wife, Sarah née Duval. After attending Harrow School, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] and under James Hannen, Baron Hannen at Lincoln's Inn.
He was called to the bar on 17 November 1866, and built up a large practice in the Admiralty court and the south-east of England, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 1881.
From 1877 until his appointment as recorder of London in 1892, he was attorney-general to the Prince of Wales. In May 1890, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for acting as the British representative at an international conference on maritime law held in Washington, D.C., the previous year.[3]
In the United Kingdom general election, 1885 he was returned as Conservative Member of Parliament for the Chesterton division of Cambridgeshire. After his defeat in the 1892 general election,[4] he was elected at a by-election in August 1892 for the Holborn division of Finsbury.[4] He was appointed as a Privy Councillor in 1899, and died in office in March 1900.
He never married, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
References
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Hall, Charles (HL862C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 26053". The London Gazette. 20 May 1890. p. 2966.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 15, 227. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Sources
- Rigg, James McMullen (2004). "Hall, Sir Charles (1843–1900)", revised by Catherine Pease-Watkin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Accessed 15 July 2008.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Hall
- Obituary in the New York Times, 10 March 1900
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