Robert Hall (British Army officer)

Robert Wallace Strachan Hall (4 June 1939 – 17 June 2016) was a British Army officer, rising to the rank of brigadier. After retiring from military service, he became a Conservative politician and was the last Chairman of Wiltshire County Council, then the first to chair its successor authority, Wiltshire Council, from 2009 to 2012; he was also Chairman of the Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority. He retired from public life in 2013.

Early life The son of Brigadier Robert Charles Strachan Hall CBE, late the Royal Regiment of Artillery (1905–1972) and his wife Lillias Smith,HALL, Brig. RCS CBE – 8 October 1972 at movcon.org.uk Hall was born at Aldershot England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: “Name: Robert W S Hall; Birth 04/1939 (Apr 1939) Aldershot Hampshire” and educated at Repton SchoolThe Arch, October 2008 online and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.London Gazette, Issue 41826 of 22 September 1959, p. 6045 online

Military career Hall was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant on 25 July 1959. He was promoted to captain on 25 July 1965London Gazette Issue 43721 of 23 July 1965, p. 7137 online and to major on 30 June 1971.Supplement to The London Gazette, 6 July 1971, p. 7205 online He retired from the army as a brigadier on 1 March 1993.London Gazette, Issue 53234 of 1 March 1993, p. 3808 onlineService appointments at independent.co.uk, Saturday, 20 February 1993

During his army career, Hall attended the University of Cambridge and graduated M. Phil.University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Reporter, vol. 118 (1987), p. 244The Army List, vol. 2001 (1992), Issue 2, p. 134

He went on to become Chairman of the Army and Navy Club, in Pall Mall, London.June 2006 at princemichael.org.uk In retirement, he settled at Manningford Abbots, near Pewsey, Wiltshire.Members of Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority at wiltsfire.gov.uk

Political career Hall was elected to Wiltshire County Council as a Conservative at the elections in 2005. In 2008, he became the last chairman of the Council, which came to an end a year later with the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. He went on to become the first chairman of the successor authority Wiltshire Council, having been elected to it in 2009, representing Pewsey Vale. The same year he also became Chairman of Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service 'QM' magazine, July 2009 online at wfb.org.uk He retired as Chairman of Wiltshire Council in May 2012.New Wiltshire Council chairman dated Wednesday 16 May 2012 at wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2012

After 2009, Hall's Pewsey Vale electoral division included the parishes of Alton, Beechingstoke, Chirton, Charlton, Huish, Manningford, Marden, North Newnton, Patney, Rushall, Stanton St Bernard, Upavon, Wilcot, Wilsford and Woodborough.Order map no. 1 at lgbce.org.uk (Wiltshire boundary review, 2008)

As Chairman of the Wiltshire Fire Authority he hosted a visit by the Princess Royal to Salisbury on 10 March 2011.A royal visit for Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service at fire-magazine.com

He retired from public life at the 2013 Wiltshire Council election.

Honours Appointed a Serving Brother of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, November 2003.London Gazette, Issue 57117, 18 November 2003, Notice 1003

Private life Hall took a keen interest in horse racing, and owned race-horses in the 1990s.Fakenham Results, 18 May 1996 at racingpost.com He had a son, also Robert.Bystander, Elizabeth Paravicini and Robert Hall wedding, tatler.com, 12 March 1998

He died suddenly aged 77 at home on 17 June 2016, leaving a widow, children, and grandchildren.The Times dated 24 June 2016: "HALL, Brigadier Robert WS M Phil on 17 June 2016 aged 77 suddenly at home. A much-loved husband, father and grand-father."

Robert Hall (British Army officer)

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