Robert Hall (British Army officer)

In 2008, he became the last chairman of the Council, which came to an end a year later with the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.

He went on to become the first chairman of the successor authority Wiltshire Council, having been elected to it in 2009, representing Pewsey Vale.

[14] After 2009, Hall's Pewsey Vale electoral division included the parishes of Alton, Beechingstoke, Chirton, Charlton, Huish, Manningford, Marden, North Newnton, Patney, Rushall, Stanton St Bernard, Upavon, Wilcot, Wilsford and Woodborough.

[15] As Chairman of the Wiltshire Fire Authority he hosted a visit by the Princess Royal to Salisbury on 10 March 2011.

[19] He died suddenly aged 77 at home on 17 June 2016, leaving a widow, children, and grandchildren.