He was the third son of Sir Bernard Hale, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, by his wife Anne Thorseby of Northampton.
[2] Hale became a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards on 30 April 1758 and colonel in the Army on 7 October 1762.
[6] He also held the appointments of colonel of the 20th Regiment of Foot from 1769 to 1773,[7] Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital from 10 May 1773, and Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in Ireland from 1759 to 1789.
In September 1750, Hale married Martha, daughter of Richard Rigby of Mistley Hall, Essex and Anne Perry.
John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, volume III of IV (London, 1836) page 14