HALE, William (?1686-1717), of King’s Walden, Herts.

Constituency Dates
St Albans 1715 – 2 Oct. 1717
Family and Education
b. ?1686, 1st s. of Richard Hale by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Isaac Meynell of Meynell Langley, Derbys. educ. B.N.C. Oxf. 30 Sept. 1702, aged 16. m. Catherine, da. of Peter Paggen of the Manor House, Wandsworth, Surr. 2s. She later married Humphry Morice (d.1731). suc. fa. 1689.
Address
Main residence: King's Walden, Herts.
biography text

Descended from on old Hertfordshire family, seated at King’s Walden since 1576, Hale was returned for St. Albans as a Whig in 1713 but unseated on petition in favour of a Tory. Re-elected after a contest in 1715, he did not vote on the septennial bill, dying 2 Oct. 1717.

Author
A.N.N.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754