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Sir John Hall KCMG ( c. 18 December 1824 – 25 June 1907) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 12th premier of New Zealand from 1879 to 1882. He was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, the third son of George Hall, a captain in the navy. At the age of ten he was sent to school in Switzerland and his education continued in Paris and ...
John Hall, the leading 'conservative' politician in nineteenth century New Zealand, was born at Hull, England, probably on 18 December 1824, and was baptised on 31 January 1825. He was the third son of George Hall and his wife, Grace Williamson. George Hall was a master mariner and shipowner, who rose to the rank of Elder Brother of Trinity ...
Sir John Hall (born Dec. 18, 1824, Hull, Yorkshire, Eng.—died June 25, 1907, Christchurch, N.Z.) was a farmer, public official, and politician who as prime minister of New Zealand (1879–82) skillfully formed and maintained a government in a period of change and instability. As a young civil servant in London, Hall decided to emigrate to New ...
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John (later Sir John) Hall was a force in our politics for several decades, leading the parliamentary campaign for votes for women. Hall came to Canterbury to farm but soon entered provincial and central politics. Apart from trips back to Britain and some ill health, he was usually in Cabinet. After the Grey ministry fell in October 1879, he ...
May 28, 2024 · Photograph of Sir John Hall (1824–1907) who was premier of New Zealand 1879–1882. John Hall was one of a number of prominent late-19th-century male politicians who supported the cause of women’s suffrage; others included William Fox, George Grey, Julius Vogel, Robert Stout and John Ballance. Born in Hull, England, Hall came to Canterbury ...
This thesis is a biography of Sir John Hall, a prominent New Zealand pioneer, pastoralist and politician. The study of his life provides insight into the colony's wider history but there is a significant personal dimension to this biography. It begins with an examination of Hall's childhood and early career in Britain and Europe, showing how ...
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I have a leaflet, An Appeal to the men of New Zealand, published in 1869 by Mary-Ann Müller who used the pseudonym ‘Femmina’. This copy was given to John Hall, presumably after the New Zealand Bill was passed in 1893, with the following words, “With the author’s deep gratitude to Sir John Hall, New Zealand’s Stuart Mill.”
