Robert Westley Hall-Dare | |
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Member of Parliament for South Essex | |
In office 1832–1836 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | George Palmer |
Personal details | |
Born | Demerara,The Guianas | 3 March 1789
Died | 20 May 1836 47) London,United Kingdom | (aged
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Profession | Politician |
Robert Westley Hall-Dare (3 March 1789 –20 May 1836) was a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for South Essex from 1832,as a Tory,until his death in 1836. He was succeeded by George Palmer.
He was born Robert Westley Hall in Demerara in modern-day Guyana on 3 March 1789 to parents Robert Westley Hall and Maria Elizabeth De Codin. [1] His parents owned the ‘Maria's Pleasure’sugar plantation on Wakenaam Island in the Essequibo River, [2] which passed to Robert on his father’s death. Hall was educated at Harrow from 1802 to 1809. [3] He was a Captain in the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers,serving in the West Indies and the Peninsular War. [3]
He married Elizabeth Grafton on 8 November 1815. [4] He changed his name by Royal sign-manual to Robert Westley Hall-Dare on 25 April 1823,taking the name Dare from his wife,daughter and heiress of Marmaduke Grafton Dare. [4] [3]
One of his granddaughters was Mabel Virginia Anna Hall-Dare (Mabel Bent,1847–1929),who in 1877 married the explorer James Theodore Bent (1852–1897).
Hall-Dare was High Sheriff of Essex in 1821. [3] His merits for public service were spotted by his friend William Jerdan (1782-1869),editor of The Literary Gazette. [5] Hall-Dare was elected MP for South Essex in 1832. In terms of politics,he was described as "opposed to free trade in corn and in everything else;in favour of a repeal of the assessed,and other taxes pressing on the springs of industry,and the imposition in their stead of a tax upon property;and also in favour of an extension of the currency",and a Peelite. [3] He supported the Corn Laws in Parliament,as well as better observance of the Sabbath. [6] [7]
Hall-Dare died at the age of 47 in his house in London,4 Portman Square. [1] [3] He had nine children. [4] He left his estate in British Guyana to his eldest son,also called Robert Westley Hall-Dare. [3] His mortal remains rest in the family vault in St Mary's Church,Theydon Bois,Essex. [8] Two years before his own death he commissioned a memorial bust for his father,Robert Westley Hall,from the sculptor Patrick Macdowell in St Margaret's Church,Barking,Essex. [9]
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