Benjamin Hall, baron Llanover

(1802-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hall, Benjamin, Sir, 1802-1867 NRA: Hall Benjamin (1802-1867) 1st Baron Llanover politician DNB: Hall, Benjamin, Baron Llanover (1802-1867), politician and eponymist of Big Ben LBT ID: LdLlano VIAF ID: 12206617 LOC ID: nr96028518	B/BAP: 1802-11-08 DIED: 1867-04-27
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The son of Benjamin Hall, ironmaster and MP, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was Whig MP for Monmouth (1832-37) and Marylebone (1837-59); he was First Commissioner of Works (1855-58).
REFERENCES TO Benjamin Hall, baron Llanover: Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXXIII Found 1: ¶ 2 Chapter XXXVII Found 1: ¶ 8