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). | |