His father joined the 1834 Dutch Reformed Church split, bringing him into conflict with the ruling elite.

He died when Maurits was only two and a half years old, and so his mother took him and two siblings back to Utrecht, where the family lived on the Weerdsingel.

Maurits' uncle Floris Adriaan van Hall was minister of justice from 1842 to 1844, and played an important role in Dutch politics in the next decades.

In April 1863 Maurits was a very small partipant among the founders of the 'Nederlandsche Crediet- en Deposito Bank' in Amsterdam.

[2] On 21 April a long list of other small shareholders would join the founders, taking 7,452 shares.

The commissaries all had an impressive list of economical and political positions, but would not get paid for their office.

However, the contract for the foundation of the bank also mentioned a secretary that was to assist the executive board.

[5] It is possible that Maurits was promoted for his merits, but the fact that he was invited or allowed to take the 50 shares in 1863 points to a long term plan to first make him the secretary and then a director.

[6] His appointment at the Nederlandsche Crediet- en Deposito Bank was probably reflected in his quick promotion in the militia.

[8] Samuel Sarphati (1813-1866) was heavily involved in founding the Nederlandsche Crediet- en Deposito Bank, but this was only one of his many ventures.

Maurits took two shares, but unlike the other members of the committee, he was not mentioned on the top of the list.

[10] More than a decade before the foundation of the Amstel Hotel, Sarphati had founded the association 'Vereniging voor Volksvlijt' (lit.

This was to raise 1,000,000 guilders to build the Paleis voor Volksvlijt, modelled on The Crystal Palace.

[11] In April 1867 Maurits became a member of the supervisory board of the Paleis van Volksvlijt.

[12] In 1867 Maurits was mentioned as a member of the supervisory board of the Nederlandsche Onderlinge Brandwaarborg Maatschappij.

[16] In March 1880 Maurits was one of the founders of the 'Nederlandsche Verzekering Maatschappij tegen de risico van onderlingen Waarborg'.

[20] In 1888 Maurits was one of the 15 members of an association called Koninklijke Vereeniging Het Nederlandsch Tooneel.

In March 1890 Maurits participated in an initiative by six persons to found a company to build a new city theater.

[30] Maurits Cornelis Van Hall was a squire in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.