Hall, Francis George

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 MS 225864
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full title	: Hall, Francis George
Date(s)	: Created 1880-1901
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 3 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Hall | Francis George | 1860-1901 | colonial administrator

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Francis George Hall was born 11 October 1860 at Saugor, India, the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel E Hall. Following his education at Sherbourne and Tonbridge he worked for the Bank of England. In 1880 he resigned and went to South Africa. There he followed a number of occupations including schoolteacher, soldier, farmer, and gold miner before returning to England in 1891. The following year he joined the Imperial British East Africa Company and became Acting Superintendent of the District of Kikuyu. Hall remained as District Officer after company control was ceded to the British government. He married Beatrice Russell in May 1898 and was to have returned home in April 1901, but died after contracting dysentery on 18 March 1901.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

A detailed and informative series of typescript letters, 1880-1901, from Francis Hall to his father relating to his life and activities in South Africa (1880-1891) and East Africa (1892-1901). It also includes typescript copies of four letters, 1883-1884, from Francis's brother Albert Lambert Hall to their father, miscellaneous letters received, and extracts from Hall's diary, 1893-1901.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The volumes are arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred to SOAS from the Bodleian Library, Oxford in 1968, with additional deposit in 1972.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds papers of Sir William Mackinnon, including material on the Imperial British East Africa Company (Ref: PP MS 1).

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Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000