Harry Irvine Hall

Harry Irvine Hall was the great-grandson of William Melmoth the Elder 1655 -1743 (a lawyer and the author of 'The Importance of a Religious Life'). Hall's mother Sophia Melmoth married Joseph Hall 15/11/1729 in Fleet, Westminster; the residence for both parties was given as Ealing. Sophia and Joseph Hall had at least three daughters and a son called William Hall (1731-1794) who became a sugar refiner in Kingston Jamaica.

William Hall married Margaret Parker (daughter of James Parker, merchant) as his second wife 02/03/1773 at St Johns in Jamaica and they had ten children between 1774 and 1792. Henry Irvine Hall was the eldest surviving son of this union and was baptised 06/05/1779 in Kingston. Jamaica.

In the 1824 Jamaica Almanac civil lists for Surrey in the City and Parish of Kingston Harry Irvine Hall is listed as an assistant Judge or Magistrate. He was a partner of Nicholas Francis Norton.

Hall married Maria Lambert in St James's Picadilly, London, 24/09/1847 and the family can be found in the 1851 census living at 67 York Road Lambeth with five children, all with the middle name Lambert and the surname as Hall, but only the two youngest were born after he married Maria. Harry Irvine Hall gave his occupation as proprietor of houses in Jamaica, annuitant in England & a holder of railway shares.

Harry Irvine Hall was a nephew of Constantia Hall of Ormskirk and a brother to Fanny Whitehorne, Sussanah Peachey and Charles Hill Hall, who was father to Emily and Ellen Hall who wrote the Hall Diaries.

He died 25/11/1858 at 67 York Road, Lambeth and the National Probate Calendar states he was from Jamaica and Bury St Edmunds and late of 67 York Road Lambeth. He was left un-administered by Maria Hall widow; the residuary legatee Harry Lambert Hall of 25 Whithead Grove Chelsea was granted probate at the Principal Registry as he was the administrator of the effects of Maria Hall. Harry Irvine Hall's estate was valued at under £200.

Will of William Melmoth PROB 11/725.

Will of Thomas Melmoth of Charterhouse PROB 11/1102/

Baptism of Henry Irvine Hall, Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

Jamaica Alamanac (1824). British Library D 1203/43 Copy letter to Lady Malkin from H I [J?] Hall and associated documents on the affairs of William Hall and Louisa Hall's claim against the firm of Hall and Norton dated 1837 (reference supplied by Dawn Good).

Marriage of Henry Irvine Hall and of his parents, Familysearch.org, England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920 [database online].

1851 census online.

National Probate Calendar 1876.

For family background and relationships: Harry Irvine Hall was named as a nephew of Constantia Hall of Ormskirk and received an annuity of £100 in her will, proved in 1830 (PROB 11/1772); Harry Irvine Hall and his siblings Fanny Constantia Whitehorne, Sussanah Peachey and Charles Hill Hall were named in the will of their mother Margaret Hall, proved in 1843 (PROB 11/1975). Charles Hill Hall was the father of Emily and Ellen Hall who wrote diaries between 1838 and 1901 (see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=081-855u923&cid=1#1, accessed 05/06/2014). Will of Louisa McMillan Hall, PROB 11/1822/324, mentions her brother Harry Irvine Hall, his partner Nicholas Francis Norton, her mother Margaret Hall and her neice Elizabeth Whitehorne (daughter of her sister Fanny Constantia nee Hall and James Whitehorne).

We are grateful to Dawn Good for compiling this entry.