William Hale ( – 2 October 1717) was a British Whig politician.

Biography

Hale was the son of Richard Hale of

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, Hertfordshire (son of

William Hale William Hale may refer to: Academics *William Gardner Hale (1849–1928), American classical scholar and professor of Latin * William Jasper Hale (1874–1944), president of the historically black Tennessee State University * William Mathew Hale (b ...

), and his wife Elizabeth Meynell (daughter of Isaac Meynell of

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, Derbyshire). Richard Hale died in 1689, and in 1690 Elizabeth remarried

Robert Cecil Robert Cecil may refer to: * Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563–1612), English administrator and politician, MP for Westminster, and for Hertfordshire * Robert Cecil (1670–1716), Member of Parliament for Castle Rising, and for Wootton Ba ...

. Hale entered

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

in 1702, aged 16. Hale and Sir Cleave More stood as the Whig candidates in

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1708 In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * January 1 – Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia, by crossing th ...

. They were defeated by two Tories, but petitioned, and were seated on 15 January 1709. Hale supported the naturalization of the Palatines, and voted for the impeachment of

Henry Sacheverell Henry Sacheverell (; 8 February 1674 – 5 June 1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon. He was subsequently impeached by the House of Commons and ...

. He was elected for

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1713 Events January–March * January 17 – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of Albemarle County, North Carolina, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take ref ...

, and voted against the expulsion of

Richard Steele Sir Richard Steele (bap. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine ''The Spectator''. Early life Steele was born in Du ...

in 1714, but was shortly afterwards unseated on petition. He regained the seat in

1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...

, holding it until his death on 2 October 1717.

Family

Hale married Catherine Paggen, daughter of Peter Paggen of

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, Surrey. They had two sons: * William Hale (died 1741) *

Paggen Hale Paggen Hale ( – 3 April 1755) was a British politician, who served as MP for Hertfordshire. Hale was the second son of William Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Peter Paggen of Wandsworth, Surrey. William ...

(died 1755) After Hale's death, Catherine remarried

Humphry Morice Humphry Morice may refer to: * Humphry Morice (Governor of the Bank of England) (c. 1671 – 1731), British merchant * Humphry Morice (MP for Launceston) Humphry Morice (1723 – 18 October 1785) was a Whig Member of Parliament for the Cornish ...

, later Governor of the Bank of England.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, William 1680s births 1717 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies