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George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall PC (December 1881 - November 8, 1965) was a Welsh Labour politician. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...

Born in Penrhiwceiber, Glamorganshire, he started work at the Penrikyber colliery at 12 years of age. He continued to work as a collier until appointed checkweigher in 1911, and then to act as checkweigher Local Agent at the South Wales Miners' Federation until elected to Parliament in 1922. Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ...

He served as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1929-1931; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1940-1942; Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1942-1943; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1943-1945; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1945-1946. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1942. The office of Lord High Admiral had been created in about 1400 to oversee the Royal Navy. ... Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1768-1782 1768: R. Phillipps and J. Pownall 1772: W. Knox 1776: C. DOyly 1778: T. De Grey 1780: B. Thompson Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1854-1966 For earlier office-holders see Under-Secretary of State for War... This is a list of Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs in the British Foreign Office since 1782. ... The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ...

On retirement from the House of Commons in 1946 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Hall, of Cynon Valley, together with the subsidiary title Lord Hall. He then served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 4 October 1946 to 24 May 1951. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, 1947-1951. The First Lord of the Admiralty was a British government position in charge of the Admiralty. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

His titles passed to his son William George Leonard Hall (1913–1985), 2nd Viscount Hall and Lord Hall. 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year. ...

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