Basil Hall (civil servant)

Sir Basil Brodribb Hall, KCB, MC (2 January 1918, Finsbury Park – 2 May 2011) was a British civil servant.

Sir
Basil Hall
KCB MC
HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor
In office
1975-1980
Personal details
Born(1918-01-02)2 January 1918
Finsbury Park, London, England
Died2 May 2011(2011-05-02) (aged 93)
Military career
Service/branch27th Lancers
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsMilitary Cross

Hall was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood. He became an articled clerk with Gibson & Weldon in 1935; and was admitted solicitor in 1942. During World War II he served with the 27th Lancers. When peace returned he joined the Civil Service's Treasury Solicitor’s Department; and rose to become Treasury Solicitor from 1975 until 1980. He was Chairman of the Civil Service Appeal Board from 1981 to 1984; and the UK Member of the European Commission of Human Rights from 1985 to 1993.

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