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Sir John Hall KCMG (c. 18 December 1824 – 25 June 1907) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 12th premier of New Zealand from 1879 to 1882. He was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, the third son of George Hall, a captain in the navy.
John (later Sir John) Hall was a force in our politics for several decades, leading the parliamentary campaign for votes for women. Hall came to Canterbury to farm but soon entered provincial and central politics.
Sir John Hall was a farmer, public official, and politician who as prime minister of New Zealand (1879–82) skillfully formed and maintained a government in a period of change and instability. As a young civil servant in London, Hall decided to emigrate to New Zealand (1852).
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John Hall, the leading 'conservative' politician in nineteenth century New Zealand, was born at Hull, England, probably on 18 December 1824, and was baptised on 31 January 1825. He was the third son of George Hall and his wife, Grace Williamson.
28 de mai. de 2024 · Photograph of Sir John Hall (1824–1907) who was premier of New Zealand 1879–1882. John Hall was one of a number of prominent late-19th-century male politicians who supported the cause of women’s suffrage; others included William Fox, George Grey, Julius Vogel, Robert Stout and John Ballance.
This thesis is a biography of Sir John Hall, a prominent New Zealand pioneer, pastoralist and politician. The study of his life provides insight into the colony's wider history but there is a significant personal dimension to this biography.
The Hon. Sir John Hall, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary in the Fox Ministry of 1856, member of the Stafford Government from 1866 to 1869, of the Waterhouse Ministry from 1872 to 1873, and of the Atkinson Administration, 1876, and Premier of the Colony from 1879 to 1882, was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1824.
