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Dickason Clay, 2nd Bart.; cr. C.B. 1880, j K.C.B. 1885. 57, Lffiondes Square, S. W.; St. James s Club, HALL, Sir Charles, K.C.M.G., Q.C., -VI. P., son of the late Vice-Chancellor ?he Hon. Sir Charles Hall, of Farnham Chase, Slough ; b. 1843 I e( *- at Harrow, and at Trin. Coll., Camb. (B.A. 1865, M.A. 1868) ; Bar. Lincoln's Inn 1866, a Q.C. 1 88 1, and Bencher (Middle Temple) 1884; was Attorney-Gen, to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and the Duchy of Cornwall 1877-92, and first British delegate to Inter- 1 tional Maritime Conference at Washington 1889 (K.C. M.G. ) ; appointed Recorder of London 1892 ; sat as M.P. for Cam- bridgeshire, W., or Chesterton, Div. (C) 1885-92, when he was defeated ; elected for Finsbury, Holborn Div., Aug. 1892 ; . cr. K.C. M.G. 1890. 2, Mount Street, Berkeley Square, W. ; Recorder s Cham- bers, Guildhall, E. C. ; Whites, Garrick, Marlborough, Carlton, and St. Stephens Clubs. HALL, Sir John, K.C.M.G., son of the late George Hall, Esq., of Elloughton, Yorkshire, and of Kingston-upon-Hull ; b. 1824 ; served in Imperial Civil Ser. 1843-52, when lie emigrated to New Zealand ; was Member of Provincial j Council of Canterbury 1853-76, Prov. Sec. for Canterbury 1855, and on several | occasions a member of Provincial Govt. , j Resident Magistrate for Christchurch j and Lyttelton, and Sheriff for Province j 1856-63 ; elected Member of House of Re- ' presentatives 1855 and Colonial Sec. 1856 ; was a M.L.C. 1862-6, and of House of Representatives 1866-72, Postmaster-Gen, and a Member of Stafford Ministry 1866-9, and Representative for New Zealand at Postal Conference in Melbourne 1867 ; summoned to Legislative Council 1872 ; was Colonial Sec. 1872-3, and in 1876 a Member of the Vogel Ministry .without office ; in 1879 resigned his seat in Legis- lative Council, and elected to House of Representatives ; was Premier of New Zealand 1879-82, and New Zealand Dele- gate at Australasian Federation Confer- ence 1891 : m. 1861, Rose A., da. of Wm. Dryden, Esq., of Hull; cr. K.C. M.G. 1882. Hororata, Canterbury, New Zealand; St. George's Club. HALL, Sir Charles, LL.D., son of Friedrich Halle, Esq. ; b. 1819; studied music in Darmstadt under Gottfried Weber and Rink; LL.D. Edinburgh Univ. (at Tercentenary Exhibition) 1884 ; lived in Paris 1836-48, and instituted there the first series of Classical Chamber Music Concerts 1846 ; came to England 1848 ; was Conductor of the Gentlemen's Concerts in Manchester 1850, and insti- tuted there in 1857 an annual series of 20 Orchestral and Choral Concerts, and in London, 1861, an annual series of] Chamber Music Concerts ; appointed j conductor of Liverpool Philharmonic j So. 1883 : m. ist, 1842, Marie De'sire'e, KNIGHTS. 65 who d. 1866, da. of the late Rilieux Smith, Esq. ; 2nd, Madame Norman-Neruda, of 20, Linden Gardens, W. ; cr. K. B. 1888. 19, Holland Park, W. : Greenheys, Man- chester. HALLIDAY, Sir Frederick James, K.C.B., son of Thomas Halliday, Esq., of Ewell ; b. 1806 ; ed. at St. Paul's Sch. and at Haileybury ; served in Indian C.S. 1825-59 was a member of Supreme Council of India 1853-4, and Lieut. -Gov. of Bengal 1854-9 ; thanked by both Houses of Par- liament for his energy and ability during Indian Mutiny ; was a member of Coun- cil of India 1868-87 : > I 8 34> Eliza, da. of Gen. Paul Macgregor, E. I . C.S. ; cr. K.C.B. 1860. 21, Bolt on Gardens, S. W. ; Athe- ncBiun, Northbrook, and Windham Clubs. HAMILTON, Adm. Sir Richard Vesey, K.C.B., son of the late Rev. John Vesey Hamilton, R. of Little Chart, Kent ; f>. 1829; entered R.N. 1843, became Com. 1857, Capt. 1862, Rear-Adm. 1877, Vice- Adm. 1884, and Adm. 1887 ; served in Arctic Expeditions 1850-1 and 1852-4 (medal), in Baltic during. Russian War 1855 (medal), and in China War 1857 (medal with clasp, and mentioned in de- spatches) ; in 1862 was specially promoted to be Capt. for zealous and active con- duct on Coast of Labrador and as senior officer at Halifax ; was a member of Ord- nance Select Committee 1868, Capt. of "Achilles " 1870-3, and of ' ' Indus" 1873-5, Sup. of Pembroke Dockyard 1875-7, Direc- tor of Naval Ordnance 1878-80, Senior Officer on Coast of Ireland 1880-83, Com.- in-Ch., China, 1885-8, Second Naval Lord of the Admiralty 1888-9, an d Senior Lord 1889-91, since when he has been Pres. of Roy. Naval College, Greenwich : m. 1862, Julia, da. of the late Viee-Adm. James Arthur Murray [see D. Athole, colls.] ; cr. C.B. 1875, K.C.B. 1887. Royal Naval College, Greenwich ; United Service Club. HAMILTON, Sir Robert George Crookshank, K. C.B. , LL. D. ,son of the Rev. Zachary Macaulay Hamilton, Minister of Bressay, Shetland; b. 1836; ed. at Aberdeen Univ. (M.A. 1855 LL.D. 1884); appointed a Clerk in War Office 1855, and in that year went to the Crimea in Commissariat Es- tablishment; transferred to Office of Works 1857 ; was Accountant to Education Office 1861-9, an d to Board of Trade 1869-72, Assist. Sec. to Board of Trade 1872-8, Sec. to Civil Ser. Inquiry Commn. 1874-5, Accountant-Gen, of the Navy 1878-82, Sec. to the Admiralty May 8, 1882, Acting Under Sec. for Ireland May 8, 1882, to April 23, 1883, and Sec. for Ireland April 1883, to Nov. 1886, when he was appointed Gov. of Tasmania ; in 1873 was one of a Committee of three to inquire into the condition of the Civil Ser. Departments in Ireland, subsequent to 1875 served on Committees appointed to re-organise several large Departments to the Public Sen, and in 1879 -served on Roy.