Gage John Hall

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

Gage John Hall
Bornc. 1775
Died18 April 1854 (aged 79)[1]
near Exeter, Devon
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1783–
RankGeneral
Memorial to Gage John Hall in Exeter Cathedral

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]

References

  1. Notes and Queries and Historic Magazine. S.C. & L.M. Gould. 1899. p. 28. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. "Major-General Gage John Hall (1832-1854)". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. "99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Military offices
Preceded by
Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham
Colonel of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot
18321854
Succeeded by
Sir George William Paty
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