was Private Secretary to the Governor of South Australia George Gawler[4] and Clerk of the Legislative Council[5] in 1840, including a period acting as Colonial Secretary of South Australia while Robert Gouger was unwell.
[7] After his time in South Australia, Hall was governor of Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight.
[1] In his time as Governor of Parkhurst Prison, Hall proposed sending boys who were convicted in Britain to colonies as Parkhurst apprentices, whereupon they would receive a pardon on arrival in a colony, but be expected to serve out an apprenticeship before being eligible to return to Britain.
[2] Hall was an early advocate of using juvenile prison to rehabilitate young offenders to society rather than teaching them to be better criminals in their adult life.
[9] Hall married Julia, eldest daughter of Col George Gawler on 21 September 1847 at St. John's, Derby.