Gage John Hall

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

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

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. ^ a b c "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot
1832–1854 		Succeeded by