George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall

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.

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Hall
PC
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
Penrhiwceiber, Glamorganshire
Died8 November 1965(1965-11-08) (aged 83)
Leicester, Leicestershire
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
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