George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall

The Viscount Hall
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
4 October 1946 – 24 May 1951
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byA. V. Alexander
Succeeded byThe Lord Pakenham
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
3 August 1945 – 4 October 1946
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byHon. Oliver Stanley
Succeeded byArthur Creech Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
25 September 1943 – 26 May 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byRichard Law
Succeeded byAlec Douglas-Home
Simon Fraser
Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
In office
4 February 1942 – 25 September 1943
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Succeeded byJames Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
12 May 1940 – 4 February 1942
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byBasil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
Succeeded byHarold Macmillan
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
In office
7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byJames Stanhope
Succeeded byEuan Wallace
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
28 October 1946 – 8 November 1965
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Viscount Hall
Member of Parliament
for Aberdare
In office
15 November 1922 – 4 October 1946
Preceded byCharles Stanton
Succeeded byDavid Thomas
Personal details
Born(1881-12-31)31 December 1881
Died8 November 1965(1965-11-08) (aged 83)
PartyLabour
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George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, PC (31 December 1881 – 8 November 1965), was a British Labour Party politician. He served as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1945 and 1946 and as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1946 and 1951.