Gage John Hall
Gage John Hall | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1854 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1783– |
| Rank | General |
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]
References
- ^ a b c "Major-General Gage John Hall (1832-1854)". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ "99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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