General John Hall (1799 – 5 May 1872) was a British

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politician. He was elected unopposed as one of the two

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(MPs) for

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at a by-election January 1846, and was returned at the next three elections until he stood down from the

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at the 1859 general election. He belonged to the Hall family of

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, his father being John Hall (1767–1860). In the 1860s, the family moved within the county to

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, to an estate that passed to General John Hall's nephew on his death without issue. Hall entered the

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in 1817, becoming a

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in the 1st Life Guards in 1837, and

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in 1855.

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* 1799 births 1872 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1790s-stub