Annie Hall (high sheriff)

Annie Hall (1949/50– 8 November 2019) was a British businesswoman who served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire for the year 2017–2018.[1] She was the first woman to be president of Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce.[2] She was also vice-chair of Derbyshire Mental Health NHS Trust,[2] chair of the council of Derby Cathedral,[3] and a trustee of the charity Foundation Derbyshire.[2]

Annie Hall
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
In office
2017–2018
Preceded byElizabeth Fothergill
Succeeded byLucy Palmer
Personal details
Born1949/1950
Died (aged 69)
Derbyshire, England
Spouse(s)Michael Hall
ResidenceAshford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire, England
ProfessionBusinessperson

Hall was raised in Wincanton, Somerset, and educated at a Catholic school nearby.[2] She subsequently studied psychiatric nursing.[2] She married Michael Hall, and the couple subsequently moved from Somerset to Derbyshire, where they set up a business manufacturing industrial winches.[2]

She died on 8 November 2019[4] after being swept away by the flooded River Derwent at Rowsley, following a period of unusually heavy rainfall.[5] The car she and her husband were travelling in was overturned by floodwater.[2] He survived by managing to hold on to a lamppost.[2] Her body was found around 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream, near Darley Dale, some two hours later.[6][2]

Hall was 69 at the time of her death,[2] and was a resident of Ashford-in-the-Water.[2][7]

References
  1. "High Sheriff of Derbyshire". derbyshirehighsheriff.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. Southworth, Phoebe; Henderson, Eugene; Bird, Steve (9 November 2019). "Flood victim named as Annie Hall, former Derbyshire High Sheriff". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. "Tributes paid to former High Sheriff who died in Derbyshire floods". Derby Telegraph. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. "Derbyshire's former High Sheriff, Annie Hall, named as woman who died after being swept away by River Derwent in Darley Dale". Matlock Mercury. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. "Severe warnings remain as flood death woman named". BBC News. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. "Woman dies and dozens evacuated as floods hit". BBC News. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  7. Fisher, Steve (10 April 2017). "High Sheriff of Derbyshire formally opens Commerce House". East Midlands Business Link. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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