Hall-Jones, c. 1911

Frederick George Hall-Jones OBE (4 July 1891 – 28 January 1982) was a New Zealand lawyer, historian and community leader.

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]

Hall-Jones 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.

References

  1. ↑ Hall-Jones, John. "Frederick George Hall-Jones". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand Law Society". Lawsociety.org.nz.
  3. ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "No. 41091". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1957. p. 3412.
  5. ↑ Fallow, Michael (23 November 2015). "Southern historian John Hall-Jones dies". Southland Times. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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