There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hall, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the creations are extant as of 2010.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Dunglass in East Lothian (formerly the County of Haddington until 1975), was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 October 1687 for John Hall. The fourth Baronet was a politician, geologist and geophysicist. The tenth Baronet was Director of the Food Section at the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War and subsequently Chief Reconstruction Officer for Scotland at the Ministry of Labour. The fourteenth Baronet was Governor of British Somaliland.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Llanover in the County of Monmouthshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in July 1838. For more information on this creation, see Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Burton Park, in the parish of Burton in the County of Sussex,[1] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 September 1919 for the Conservative politician Douglas Hall. He was the son of Bernard Hall, the first ever Mayor of Liverpool.
The Hall Baronetcy, of Grafham in the County of Surrey,[2] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 March 1923 for the businessman and Conservative politician Frederick Hall.
Hall baronets, of Dunglass (1687)
- Sir John Hall, 1st Baronet (died 1695), twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Sir James Hall, 2nd Baronet (died 1742) Hall married (as his 2nd wife) Margaret Pringle, daughter of Sir John Pringle, 2nd Bart of Stichill. They had issue.[3]
- Sir John Hall, 3rd Baronet (died 1776)
- Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet (1761–1832)
- Sir John Hall, 5th Baronet FRS (1787–1860)
- Sir James Hall, 6th Baronet (1824–1876)
- Sir Basil Francis Hall, 7th Baronet (1832–1909)
- Sir Henry John Hall, 8th Baronet (1835–1913)
- Sir John Richard Hall, 9th Baronet (1865–1928)
- Sir Martin Julian Hall, 10th Baronet (1874–1958)
- Sir Julian Henry Hall, 11th Baronet (1907–1974)
- Sir Lionel Reid Hall, 12th Baronet (1898–1975)
- Sir Neville Reynolds Hall, 13th Baronet (1900–1978)
- Sir Douglas Basil Hall, 14th Baronet (1909–2004)
- Sir John Douglas Hoste Hall, 15th Baronet[4] (born 1945)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Thomas James Hall (born 1975).
Hall baronets, of Llanover (1838)
Hall baronets, of Burton Park (1919)
| Hall baronets | |
|---|---|
| Crest | A talbot's head erased Sable ears Argent gorged with a chaplet Or garnished with roses Gules between two cross crosslets fitchee Gold. |
| Blazon | Vert on a fess Or between in chief a cross crosslet fitchee between two talbot's heads erased Argent collared and ringed Gules and in base a like talbot's head three escallops Sable. |
| Motto | In Deo Fides[5] |
- Sir Douglas Bernard Hall, 1st Baronet (1866–1923)
- Sir Douglas Montgomery Bernard Hall, 2nd Baronet (1891–1962)
- Sir John Bernard Hall, 3rd Baronet (1932–2018)
- Sir David Bernard Hall, 4th Baronet[4] (born 1961)
There is no heir to the title.
Hall baronets, of Grafham (1923)
- Sir Frederick Hall, 1st Baronet (1864–1932)
- Sir Frederick Henry Hall, 2nd Baronet (1899–1949)
- Sir (Frederick) John Frank Hall, 3rd Baronet (1931–2013)
- Sir David Christopher Hall, 4th Baronet (born 1937)[4]
The heir apparent is the present holder's son John Christopher Hall (born 1965)
Notes
- ^ "No. 31587". The London Gazette. 7 October 1919. p. 12418.
- ^ "No. 32815". The London Gazette. 17 April 1923. p. 2810.
- ^ [http://www.historicalportraits.com/Search/ItemDetails.asp?ItemID=963 Katherine Hall of Dunglass (died 1745) was painted by Allan Ramsay, was the youngest daughter of Sir James Hall, 2nd Bt. of Dunglass (died 1742) and by his second wife, Margaret Pringle. She married the Jacobite poet William Hamilton of Bangour (1704–54) in 1743 and had one son, James, who succeeded to the estate and later married Margaret, daughter of James Bruce of Kinniard. Hamilton belonged to a circle of Edinburgh intellectuals and writers that included Allan Ramsay Senior, who passionately supported the cause of the Stuarts.
- ^ a b c "Official Roll of the Baronetage". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Obituary: Sir Douglas Hall, 14th Baronet. The Daily Telegraph.(archived copy)
- Portrait of Madeleine (nee Pringle), Lady Hall of Dunglass. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- Sir John Hall, 5th Baronet's memorial at Dunglass Church
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