HALL, Alexander Cross was born on September 16, 1860. Son of late William Henry (Bullock) Hall (who changed his name to Hall in 1872 to succeed his uncle, the late General John Hall, 1st -Life Guards), and 1st wife, Elizabeth Dennistoun, daughter of William Cross.
Education
Marlborough; Trinity College, Cambridge. Bachelor of Arts 1893. Master of Arts 1899. While at Cambridge hunted the Trinity Beagles, 1889-1891.
On leaving Cambridge studied agriculture and land management with late W. T. Scarth at Raby Castle and at Downton Agricultural College.
Career
Travelled and hunted big game in Canada and United States of America in 1896. And in India and Kashmir in 1898. Breeder of pedigree shorthorns.
Hampshire Down sheep. Southdown sheep and Berkshire pigs. Landowner and Justice of the Peace in Cambridgeshire. and Oxfordshire.; late Captain and Honourable Major 3rd Battalion Suffolk Regiment.
Membership
Club: Brooks’s.
Interests
Hunting, shooting, fishing, golf.
Connections
Spouse 1899, Farell Helen, y.daughter of late Lt.-Col. H. C. JonesMortimer of Plas Newydd, Denbigh.