Background
He was the second son of Sir Charles Hall (1814–1883) and his wife, Sarah née Duval.
He was the second son of Sir Charles Hall (1814–1883) and his wife, Sarah née Duval.
After attending Harrow School, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and under James Hannen, Baron Hannen at Lincoln"s Inn.
He was called to the bar on 17 November 1866, and built up a large practice in the Admiralty court and the south-east of England, becoming a Queen"s Counsel in 1881. From 1877 until his appointment as recorder of London in 1892, he was attorney-general to the Prince of Wales. After his defeat in the 1892 general election, he was elected at a by-election in August 1892 for the Holborn division of Finsbury.
He was appointed as a Privy Councillor in 1899, and died in office in March 1900.
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In the United Kingdom general election, 1885 he was returned as Conservative Member of Parliament for the Chesterton division of Cambridgeshire.