John Hall (Wycombe MP)
Sir John Hall politician.
Education and business career
Hall was educated privately and worked as a chartered secretary and company director, including of Viskase and Bass Charrington.[2][3]
Political career
Hall first stood for Parliament without success in
He was knighted in July 1973[4] "for political and public services".[5]
Hall suffered a heart attack in the summer of 1977 and soon announced he would not stand for election again. He died at a hospital in London on 19 January 1978, aged 66.[6] His death triggered the by-election.
Personal life
In 1935, Hall married Nancy Doreen Hampton Blake. They had a son and a daughter. The Halls lived at Carlisle Place, London SW1.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1978, p. 320
- ^ a b c d The Times House of Commons 1966. London: The Times Office. October 1966. p. 223.
- ^ "No. 46042". The London Gazette. 31 July 1973. p. 9035.
- ^ "No. 45984". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1973. p. 6473.
- The Glasgow Herald. 20 January 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ The Blue Book: Leaders of the English-speaking World, St James Press, 1973, p. 590
- ^ The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1978, p. 320
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