Robert Westley Hall-Dare

Robert Westley Hall-Dare (3 March 1789 – 20 May 1836) was a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for South Essex from 1832, as a Tory, until his death in 1836. He was succeeded by George Palmer.

He was born Robert Westley Hall in Demerara in modern-day Guyana on 3 March 1789 to parents Robert Westley Hall and Maria Elizabeth De Codin.[1] He was educated at Harrow from 1802 to 1809.[2] He was a Captain in the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, serving in the West Indies and the Peninsular War.[2]

He married Elizabeth Grafton on 8 November 1815.[3] He changed his name by Royal sign-manual to Robert Westley Hall-Dare on 25 April 1823, taking the name Dare from his wife, daughter and heiress of Marmaduke Grafton Dare.[3][2]

Hall-Dare was High Sheriff of Essex in 1821.[2] He was elected MP for South Essex in 1832. In terms of politics, he was described as "opposed to free trade in corn and in everything else; in favour of a repeal of the assessed, and other taxes pressing on the springs of industry, and the imposition in their stead of a tax upon property; and also in favour of an extension of the currency", and a Peelite.[2] He supported the Corn Laws in Parliament, as well as better observance of the Sabbath.[4][5]

Hall-Dare died at the age of 47 in his house in London, 4 Portman Square.[1][2] He had nine children.[3] He left his estate in British Guyana to his eldest son, also called Robert Westley Hall-Dare.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Hall-Dare/6000000037152616356
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/355269288
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.thepeerage.com/p37908.htm
  4. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1834/may/26/minutes#S3V0023P0_18340526_HOC_2
  5. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1833/mar/28/preamble#S3V0016P0_18330328_HOC_3
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