John Hathorn Hall

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Sir John Hathorn Hall GCMG DSO OBE MC (19 June 1894 – 17 June 1979) was a British colonial administrator.

During World War I, he served with the 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers and the 27th Infantry Brigade, rising to the rank of captain,[1] and was awarded the Military Cross as well as the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He worked in the Ministry of Finance of the Egyptian Civil Service (Egypt then being a British protectorate) in 1919–1920. Subsequently he served in the Middle East Department of the Colonial Office and was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List of 1931.[2]

In 1933 he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine (then a British Mandate under the League of Nations).[3] On at least two occasions, in 1934 and in 1937, he served as Officer Administering the Government of Palestine during absences of the High Commissioner for Palestine.[4][5]

His later service included the following posts:

  • British Resident in Zanzibar, October 1937 – 1940[6]
  • Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden, 24 October 1940 – 1 January 1945[7]
  • Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Uganda, 1 January 1945 – 17 January 1952[8]

After retiring from the colonial service, Sir John became a director of several companies, including the P&O and British India steamship lines, and the Midland Bank. A portrait of Sir John by Walter Bird is now part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Captain John Hathorn Hall". Lives of the First World War. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ^ "New Year Honours List 1931, departmental recommendations". The National Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ^ Gilbert, Martin. The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War, 1941, Volume 3, p. 795. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
  4. ^ "Proclamation by the Officer Administering the Government of Palestine, 16th March 1934" (PDF). The Palestine Gazette. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Proclamation by the Officer Administering the Government of Palestine, 8th February, 1937" (PDF). The Palestine Gazette. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Tanzania", worldstatesmen.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2012
  7. ^ "Yemen", worldstatesmen.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2012
  8. ^ "Uganda", worldstatesmen.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2012
  9. ^ "Sir John Hathorn Hall", National Portrait Gallery, accessed 6 Feb. 2012

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