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Halford, Charles Meyer, son of Robert Halford, of Kensington; b. March 16, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left July 1898; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1905; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 24, 1903; practised at Alexandria and Cairo; became a Judge in the Sudan; d. at Wadi Haifa June 18, 1948.

HALFORD, SIR HENRY, BART., only son of Sir Henry Halford (formerly Vaughan), Bart., GCH MD FRCP, President Royal College of Physicians, and Hon. Elizabeth Barbara St. John, dau. of John St. John, 11th Baron St. John of Bletso; b. 22 Apr 1797; adm. 26 May 1807; left 1808; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1815; assumed surname of Halford in lieu of Vaughan 1815; Ensign, 43rd Foot 5 Mar 1818; Lieut., 33rd Foot 1821; half-pay 8 Aug 1822; MP (Cons) South Leicestershire 1832-57; succ. father as 2nd baronet 9 Mar 1844; DL JP Leicestershire; m. 31 Jul 1824 his cousin Barbara, dau. of Right Hon. Sir John Vaughan PC, Judge of Court of Common Pleas; d. 22 May 1868.

HALHED, ROBERT SPENCER, only child of Robert Halhed, Abingdon Street, Westminster, formerly of St. Andrew’s parish, Surrey Co., Jamaica, and Elizabeth ---; b. 8 Sep 1764; adm. 24 Jan 1774; d. 29 Mar 1778. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

HALL, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1567-70 (Chapter Muniments 54014-8, 54020).

HALL, ---; b.; in school list 1754.

HALL, ---; b.; in school list Dec 1788.

HALL, ---; b.; adm. Midsummer 1809; left 1810.

HALL, ARTHUR, son of Charles Henry Hall (qv); b. 25 Nov 1809; adm. 19 Oct 1822 (Stelfox's); Clerk, Board of Control; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1827; Cornet, unattached 10 Jan 1829; 5th Bengal Light Cavalry 17 May 1829; Lieut., 1 Mar 1836; Capt., 14 Jan 1842; Maj., 1 Apr 1854; Lieut. -Col., 5 May 1856; 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry 1860; retd. as Maj. -Gen., 31 Dec 1861; m. at Ghazipur, India 3 Oct 1842 Anne, second dau. of Col. John Mackenzie, EICS Bengal [but Russell Barker & Stenning record him as having m. 23 Aug 1843 Mary Ann Rosa, second dau. of Maj. M. C. Chase, Nottingham Place, Regent’s Park, London : her father would have been Lieut. -Col. Morgan Charles Chase, EICS Madras]; d. 13 Nov 1879.

HALL, BENJAMIN, son of Rev. Benjamin Hall DD, Chancellor of Llandaff, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Grant, Nolton, Pembs.; b. 29 Sep 1778; adm.; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 11 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void by marriage 23 Dec 1801; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1798, called to bar 4 May 1801; Oxford circuit; MP Totnes 1806-12, Westbury 1812 – Nov 1814, Glamorgan from 28 Nov 1814; of Hensol Castle, Glamorgan; m. 16 Dec 1801 Charlotte, only dau. of Richard Crawshay, Cyfarthfa, Glamorgan, ironmaster; d. 31 Jul 1817.

HALL, BENJAMIN, 1ST BARON LLANOVER, eldest son of Benjamin Hall (qv); b. 8 Nov 1802; adm. Jan. 1814; in school list Feb 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1820; MP (Whig/Liberal) Monmouth May – Jul 1831, 1832-7, Marylebone 1837 – 27 Jul 1859; created baronet 16 Aug 1838; President, Board of Health 14 Oct 1854 – Jul 1855; Privy Councillor 14 Nov 1854; First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings 21 Jul 1855 – Feb 1858; created Baron Llanover 27 Jul 1859; Lord Lieut. Monmouthshire from 9 Nov 1861; carried the bill for creating the Metropolitan Board of Works through the House of Commons in 1855; the great bell in the clock tower of the new Houses of Parliament was named “Big Ben” after him 1856; m. 4 Dec 1823 Augusta, dau. of Benjamin Waddington, Llanover Court, Monmouthshire; d. 27 Apr 1867. DNB.