Background
He was born the eldest son of Joseph William Hall-Stevenson of Skelton, in the North Riding of Yorkshire and educated at the Royal School, Armagh, Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln"s Inn.
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John Wharton
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Education
Trinity College.
Career
He succeeded his father in 1786, inheriting the ruinous Skelton Castle. He then demolished the old Skelton Castle and between 1788 and 1817 built a similarly named Gothic country house in its place. He served as the Whig Member of Parliament for Beverley from 1790 to 1796 and again from 1802 to 1826.
By 1829 he was in debt and spent the next 14 years in the Fleet Debtors Prison, where he died childless in 1843.
Membership
2nd United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament. 4th United Kingdom Parliament.
5th United Kingdom Parliament.
6th United Kingdom Parliament. 7th United Kingdom Parliament.
17th Parliament of Great Britain.
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Died
March 29, 1843 (aged 77)