Constituency Dates
Mitchell 22 Sept. 1779 – 1784
Gloucestershire West 1835 – 1857
Family and Education
b. c. 1758, s. of Gen. Bernard Hale by Martha, da. of Richard Rigby sen. of Mistley, Essex. educ. prob. Eton 1768-73; Lausanne 1773-9.1Rigby to Newcastle, 1, 20 Aug. 1776, Newcastle (Clumber) mss.; Pembroke Pprs. i. 181. m. 3 Mar. 1785, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Rumbold 1st Bt., 1da. suc. uncle Richard Rigby to the Mistley estate, and took name of Rigby 8 Apr. 1788.
biography text

Hale was brought in for Mitchell in 1779 probably by arrangement between his uncle Richard Rigby, the Treasury, and Lord Falmouth. He followed Rigby’s line in politics, supporting North’s ministry till March 1782, and voting on 18 Feb. 1783 for Shelburne’s peace preliminaries, but after April 1783 supporting the Coalition. He accordingly lost his seat in 1784. No speech by him is reported.

He died 17 Aug. 1827.

Author
I.R.C.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Notes
  • 1. Rigby to Newcastle, 1, 20 Aug. 1776, Newcastle (Clumber) mss.; Pembroke Pprs. i. 181.