George Henry Hall
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George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall PC (December 1881 – November 8, 1965) was a Welsh Labour politician.
Born in Penrhiwceiber, Glamorganshire, he started work at the Penrikyber colliery at 12 years of age. He continued to work as a collier until appointed checkweigher in 1911, and then to act as checkweigher Local Agent at the South Wales Miners' Federation until elected to Parliament in 1922.
He was Labour Member of Parliament for Aberdare from 1922-1946.
He served as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1929-1931; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1940-1942; Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1942-1943; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1943-1945; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1945-1946. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1942.
On retirement from the House of Commons in 1946 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Hall, of Cynon Valley, together with the subsidiary title Lord Hall. He then served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 4 October 1946 to 24 May 1951. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, 1947-1951.
His titles passed to his son William George Leonard Hall (1913–1985), 2nd Viscount Hall and Lord Hall.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Butt Stanton |
Member of Parliament for Aberdare 1922–1946 |
Succeeded by David Emlyn Thomas |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Oliver Stanley |
Secretary of State for the Colonies 1945–1946 |
Succeeded by Arthur Creech Jones |
| Preceded by A. V. Alexander |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1946–1951 |
Succeeded by The Lord Pakenham |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Viscount Hall 1946–1965 |
Succeeded by William Hall |
Categories: 1881 births | 1965 deaths | Labour MPs (UK) | Lords of the Admiralty | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Welsh constituencies | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | UK MPs 1922-1923 | UK MPs 1923-1924 | UK MPs 1924-1929 | UK MPs 1929-1931 | UK MPs 1931-1935 | UK MPs 1935-1945 | UK MPs 1945-1950
