Charles Hall (lawyer)

For other people named Charles Hall, see Charles Hall (disambiguation).

"Charley" as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1888

Sir Charles Hall, QC, KCMG, (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

1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons3.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-09. 
2. ^ Hall, Charles in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 26053. p. 2966. 20 May 1890. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
4. ^ ^{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, March 10 1900

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Chesterton 1885 – 1892	Succeeded by Hugh Edward Hoare
Preceded by Gainsford Bruce	Member of Parliament for Holborn 1892 – 1900	Succeeded by James Remnant
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir John Wickens	Vice-Chancellor 1873–1882	Succeeded by Sir John Pennycuick (1971)

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Name	Hall, Charles
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Date of birth	3 August 1843
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Date of death	9 March 1900
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