Fred Hall-Jones
New Zealand lawyer, historian and community leader
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Frederick George Hall-Jones OBE (4 July 1891 – 28 January 1982) was a New Zealand lawyer, historian and community leader.
4 July 1891
- William Hall-Jones (father)
- Rosalind Lucy Purss (mother)
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Hall-Jones, c. 1911 | |
| Born | Frederick George Hall-Jones 4 July 1891 Scarborough, New Zealand |
| Died | 28 January 1982 (aged 90) |
| Occupations | Lawyer, historian and community leader |
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| Relatives | John Hall-Jones (son) |
Biography
Hall-Jones was born in Scarborough just south of Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand, on 4 July 1891, the son of William Hall-Jones and Rosalind Lucy Hall-Jones (née Purss).[1]
He took over the legal practice of R. H. Rattray at Invercargill in 1917, it later being known as Hall-Jones & Sons.[2] At the 1938 general election he stood as the National Party candidate for the seat of Invercargill, but lost to Labour's William Denham.[3]
In 1953, Hall-Jones was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[4] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services in community affairs and as an historian in Southland.[5] His son, John Hall-Jones, was an otolaryngologist (i.e. a doctor who specialised in the ear, nose, and throat or ENT region), author and historian of southern New Zealand.[6]
Selected works
- Hall-Jones, F.G. (1943). King of the Bluff. Invercargill: Southland Historical Committee.
- Hall-Jones, F.G. (1944). Kelly of Inverkelly. Invercargill: Southland Historical Committee.
- Hall-Jones, F.G. (1945). Historical Southland. Invercargill: H. & J. Smith.
- Hall-Jones, F.G. (1946). Invercargill Pioneers. Invercargill: Southland Historical Committee.
