Gage John Hall Explained

Gage John Hall
Birth Date:c. 1775
Death Date:18 April 1854 (aged 79)[1]
Death Place:near Exeter, Devon
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1783–
Rank:General

General Gage John Hall (c.1775 – 18 April 1854) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Hall was commissioned as an ensign on 29 May 1783.[2] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1801 and to major-general on 4 June 1813,[2] he served as acting Governor of British Mauritius from November 1817 to December 1818.[3] He raised the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot in response to the threat posed by the French intervention in Spain, in March 1824.[4] Hall was promoted to lieutenant-general on 27 March 1825 and to full general on 23 November 1841.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Notes and Queries and Historic Magazine . 1899 . S.C. & L.M. Gould . 28 . 7 February 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Major-General Gage John Hall (1832-1854). Queen’s Royal Surreys. 23 March 2017.
  3. News: Mauritius. Worldsstatesmen.org. 26 January 2013.
  4. Web site: 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot . regiments.org . 17 August 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060718030352/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/099-824.htm . 18 July 2006 .