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William Hall, 2nd Viscount Hall (1913–1985), Welsh surgeon and businessman. William Hall (Lord Lieutenant) (born 1934), Northern Irish businessman, farmer and public servant. Will Hall (born 1966), mental health advocate, writer, and counselor. The Bill Hall Trio, a musical comedy act.
Apr 27, 2023 · William Hall was the first Canadian Sailor to receive the highest honour in the British Empire: the Victoria Cross. It has been said that Hall was as "steady...
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Feb 20, 2024 · William Hall passed away in 1904 and buried without military honours. His remains were moved years later to a grave near the Hantsport Baptist Church, where a cairn was erected.
William Hall (February 11, 1775 – October 7, 1856) was an American politician who served as the seventh Governor of the state of Tennessee from April to October 1829. Hall ascended to the office when Governor Sam Houston resigned amidst a scandal, and, as Speaker of the Tennessee Senate , he was the first in the line of succession.
Feb 17, 2021 · William Hall of Hantsport, N.S., was the first Black person, the first Nova Scotian and the third Canadian to be honoured with the Victoria Cross. (CBC) African Heritage Month was marked by a ...
Feb 10, 2015 · William Hall was the first black person to be awarded the Empire’s highest award for valour, the Victoria Cross. Born in April 1827 in Horton, Nova Scotia, he was the son of free black slaves ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Governor William Hall was born in Surrey County, North Carolina, in February 1775, to Major William Hall and Elizabeth Thankful Doak Hall. The family moved to Tennessee in 1785 and lost seven family members during an Indian confrontation. Hall married Mary “Polly” Brandon Alexander and settled and farmed in the Bledsoe Lick area of Sumner ...
