Hall Baronets

There have been four Baronetcies created for people with the surname Hall.

The Hall of Dunglass Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 October 1687 for John Hall.

The Hall Baronetcy, of Graffham in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 March 1923 for Frederick Hall, a businessman and member of parliament.

Hall of Dunglass, Baronets 1687

*Sir John Hall, 1st Baronet (d. 18 October 1695)
*Sir James Hall, 2nd Baronet (d. 27 March 1742).
**He married (as his 2nd wife) Margaret Pringle, daughter of Sir John Pringle, 2nd Bart of Stichill. They had issue. [ [http://www.historicalportraits.com/Search/ItemDetails.asp?ItemID=963 Katherine Hall of Dunglass (d. 1745] (d. 1745) painted by Allan Ramsay, was the youngest daughter of Sir James Hall, 2nd Bt. of Dunglass (d. 1742) and by his second wife, Margaret Pringle. She married the celebrated Jacobite poet William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-54) in 1743 and had one son, James, who succeeded to the estate and later married Margaret, daughter of James Bruce of Kinniard. Hamilton belonged to a circle of Edinburgh intellectuals and writers that included Allan Ramsay Senior, who passionately supported the cause of the Stuarts.]

*Sir John Hall, 3rd Baronet (d. 3 July 1776).
**He was retoured heir of line and conquest on 4 January 1750, to his uncle, William Hall of Whitehall, near Chirnside, one of the Principal Clerks of the Court of Session. (National Archives, GD206/1/63). He married [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=12304&searchid=9917&tabview=subject Magdalen Pringle] (d. 1763), daughter of Sir Robert Pringle, 3rd Bart of Stichill
*Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet (17 January 1761 - 23 June 1832);
** Sir James Hall is the most well-known baronet, a notable figure in the Scottish Enlightenment; MP for St.Michaels 1807-1812. He married Lady Helen Douglas, sister of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and daughter of the 4th Earl of Selkirk.
*Sir John Hall, 5th Baronet, F.R.S. (1787-1860)
**He married Julia Walker (1798-1874), daughter of James Walker, on 23 January 1823, and had issue, several children, of whom three of his sons succeeded successively as 6th, 7th, and 8th Baronets. ( [http://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/dunglass_church_11.htm His memorial at Dunglass Church] )
*Sir James Hall, 6th Baronet (1824-1876)
*Sir Basil Francis Hall, 7th Baronet (1832-1909)
*Sir Henry John Hall, 8th Baronet (1835-1913)
*Sir John Richard Hall, 9th Baronet (1865-1928)
*Sir Martin Julian Hall, 10th Baronet (1874-1958)
*Sir Julian Henry Hall, 11th Baronet (1907-1974); succeeded by cousin
*Sir Lionel Reid Hall, 12th Baronet (1898-1975);
**Sir Lionel "Bobbie" Hall married [http://www.jjhc.info/hallmary19xx.htm Mary Marjoriebanks MacNeece, nee Moore Heath] (1894-1979), widow of Maj James MacNeece MC (d. 1916), and had three daughters; succeeded by brother
*Sir Neville Reynolds Hall, 13th Baronet (1900-1978); succeeded by brother
* [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ENGLISH-OBITS/2006-03/1142705666 Sir Douglas Basil Hall, 14th Baronet KCMG] (1909-2004), a former colonial governor of Somaliland.
*Sir John Douglas Hoste Hall, 15th Baronet (b. 7 January 1945) the current incumbent.

Hall, Baronets, of Graffham (1923)

*Sir Frederick Hall, 1st Baronet (1864-1932)
*Sir Frederick Henry Hall, 2nd Baronet (1899-1949)
*Sir Frederick John Frank Hall, 3rd Baronet (1931)

Notes

References

* [http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsH1.htm Leigh Rayment: Hall Baronets]
* [http://www.leighrayment.com/Baronetage.htm Leigh Rayment' s baronetage page]

*Obituary: Sir Douglas Hall, 14th Baronet. "The Daily Telegraph".( [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ENGLISH-OBITS/2006-03/1142705666 archived copy] )
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=12304&searchid=9917&tabview=subject Portrait of Madeleine (nee Pringle), Lady Hall of Dunglass] . Retrieved 18 June 2008.
* [http://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/dunglass_church_11.htm Sir John Hall, 5th Baronet's memorial at Dunglass Church]