Sir John Hall (21 September 1911 — 19 January 1978) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Education and business career

Hall was educated privately and worked as a chartered secretary and company director, including of

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and Bass Charrington.

Political career

Hall first stood for Parliament without success in

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in 1950 and Fulham East in 1951. He was elected as

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(MP) for Wycombe at a by-election in November 1952. Hall served as an opposition spokesman on Treasury, economic affairs and trade until October 1965. He was an executive member of the

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from 1964 to 1966 and vice-chairman of the Conservative parliamentary finance committee from 1965. He was

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ed in July 1973 "for political and public services". Hall suffered a heart attack in the summer of 1977 and soon announced he would not stand for election again. He died at a hospital in London on 19 January 1978, aged 66. His death triggered the

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Personal life

In 1935, Hall married Nancy Doreen Hampton Blake. They had a son and a daughter. The Halls lived at Carlisle Place, London SW1.The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1978, p. 320

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