Richard Crawshay Hall Esq (1804 - 1884)

Born 28 Mar 1804 in Upper Brook streeet, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wade) Hall — married 8 Nov 1828 in Brimfield, Hereford, England

Husband of Frances Eleanor (Miles) Hall — married 11 May 1859 in Weston, Bath, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1884 at age 80 in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England

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Biography

Richard was born in 1804. He passed away in 1884. He is buried at Corston, near Bath, Somerset, England.

He attended school at St Peter's College, Westminster and matriculated from Christ Church College Oxford in 1822.

There was at one time a brass plaque in the cathedral at Landaff commemorating his life and is still (2019) a plaque and memorial window commemorating his generosity in the All Saints Church, Corston Somerset, where he and his second wife are buried.

In 1840, at the time of the birth of his son Alfred [Hall-36230], he was living in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

In 1848 he was serving as a land tax commissioner for the County of Somerset and appears to have spent most of his adult life living there in Bath (19 Grosvenor Pl. 1851 and the Macaulay Buildings) and in the villages of Corston and later Freshford 1881, where he lived in Freshford House, High Street, Freshford, Somerset. According to the census of that year, he lived there with his wife, Frances, and two of her nieces and four servants, a footman, cook and two housemaids. His income was from land holdings.

He is buried in Grave A.8.10 in the Churchyard of All Saints Church, Corston, Somerset ( 51°23'9.34"N 2°26'23.27"W) where there is also a brass memorial plaque and stained glass window dedicate to his memory.

His estate was worth ₤7 753. (2020 equivalent is ₤970 000. https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1884?amount=7753)

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" unindexed record on FamilySearch, page 308 in digitised register (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQB7-8BZ & https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-B325-2?i=307) : 15 May 1804 baptism, 28 Mar 1804 birth, Old St Pancra Church, London, England.
• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch ([1]J : 31 December 2014), Richard Crawshay Hall, 1884; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Weymouth, Dorset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• FindMyPast: 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1851%2F0010054416
• MyHeritage.com [2] Accessed 3 Aug 2018 (Uses wrong picture which is of his maternal Grandfather Richard Crawshay after whom he is named.)
• Geneanet.org [3]
• FamilySearch.com [4]
• Geni.com https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Hall/6000000007381459696?through=6000000010765802080
• Matthews JH (ed) Records of the County Borough of Cardiff, vol III, Cardiff: Cardiff Corporation, 1901, p560 ["England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VMK-JMJ : 31 December 2014), Richard Crawshay Hall, 1884; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Weymouth, Dorset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.]
• Geneanet.org https://gw.geneanet.org/newlandrichards?lang=en&p=benjamin&n=hall
• Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, 1883, p257
• List of the Queen's Scholars of St Peter's College, Westminster, 1852, p462 [5]
• A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the 1847-8 p597 [6]
• Archive.org: Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University by University of Oxford; Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905, Vol2, P588 https://archive.org/details/alumnioxonienses02univuoft/page/585
• GraveA.8.10, memorial plaque and stained glass window at All Saints Church, Corston, Somerset, UK, visited by [Hall-27698] on 18 July 2019
• Graves Register in All Saints Church, Corston, Somerset, UK, consulted by [Hall-27698] on 18 July 2019 (This register also contains information on the life of Richard Crawshay Hall including education, marriages, death and places of residence.)
• Memorial Inscriptions 2017 (file) in All Saints Church, Corston, Somerset, UK, consulted by [Hall-27698] on 18 July 2019
• FindMyPast: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC%2F1881%2F0009379738
• 'Genealogy and Collaterals of Richard Crawshay Hall', Papers of Maxwell Fraser, Welsh National Library. Updated by Bernice W Norton to include South African descendants 1990. (In possession of Andrew Hall)