William King-Hall
{{short description|British Royal Navy officer (1816–86)}}
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{{For|his grandson, the captain who lived 1893–1966|Stephen King-Hall}}
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|name= Sir William King-Hall
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|caption= The Late Admiral Sir William King-Hall. Christian Herald 1886
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Navy
|serviceyears= 1829–1881
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|commands= Nore Command
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{{HMS|Russell|1822|6}}
{{HMS|Royal Adelaide|1828|6}}
{{HMS|Indus|1839|6}}
{{HMS|Calcutta|1831|6}}
{{HMS|Exmouth|1854|6}}
{{HMS|Bulldog|1845|6}}
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Second Opium War
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Admiral Sir William King-Hall, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (11 March 1816 – 29 July 1886) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1877 to 1879.
Naval career
King-Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1829,[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=973 William Loney RN] and took part in operations off the coast of Syria in 1840.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kinghallconnections.com/wkh.html#calcutta |title=Diaries of William King-Hall |access-date=2 October 2010 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713152058/http://www.kinghallconnections.com/wkh.html#calcutta |url-status=dead }} Promoted to captain in 1853 he commanded {{HMS|Bulldog|1845|6}} during the bombardment and capture of Fort Bomarsund and then commanded {{HMS|Exmouth|1854|6}} during the attack on the Fortress of Sveaborg near Helsinki during the Crimean War.
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King-Hall also commanded {{HMS|Calcutta|1831|6}} during the Second Opium War and took part in the first attack on Canton in late 1856 and then the assault on the Taku Forts in 1858. He later commanded {{HMS|Indus|1839|6}}, {{HMS|Royal Adelaide|1828|6}}, {{HMS|Russell|1822|6}} and then {{HMS|Cumberland|1842|6}}.
King-Hall was appointed Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard in 1865, Superintendent of Devonport dockyard in 1871 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1877 before retiring in 1881.
Family
In 1848 King-Hall married Louisa Forman and in 1880 he married Charlotte Tillotson (née Simpson): they had two sons (Admiral Sir Sir George King-Hall and Admiral Sir Herbert King-Hall) and one daughter.[http://thepeerage.com/p4594.htm#i45938 The Peerage.com]
There is a tablet in his memory at St Annes Church in Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1925/suttonbonington2.htm|title=St Annes Sutton Bonnington|publisher=Nottinghamshire History|accessdate=8 January 2019}}
See also
- {{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Hall, William King |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=John Murray}}
References
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