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General
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Gage John Hall (c.1775 – 18 April 1854) was a British Army
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officer.
Military career
Hall was commissioned as anensign
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on 29 May 1783. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel
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on 1 January 1801 and to major-general
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on 4 June 1813, he served as acting Governor of British Mauritius
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from November 1817 to December 1818. He raised the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
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History Formation
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in response to the threat posed by the French intervention in Spain, in March 1824.
Hall was promoted to lieutenant-general
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on 27 March 1825 and to full general
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on 23 November 1841.
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