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    Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC (8 November 1802 – 27 April 1867), known as Sir Benjamin Hall between 1838 and 1859, was a Welsh civil engineer and...
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  • (1778–1817), Welsh entrepreneur Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867), British civil engineer and politician Ben Hall (bushranger) (1837–1865), Australian...
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    William Crawshay, for £90,000. Hall and his wife had six sons and a daughter. One child was Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, a civil engineer and politician...
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  • July 1838. For more information on this creation, see Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover. The Hall Baronetcy, of Burton Park, in the parish of Burton in...
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    wife of Benjamin Hall, later Baron Llanover (1802–1867). Their marriage joined the large South Wales estates of Llanover and Abercarn. Benjamin Hall was for...
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    Augusta Hall, the only surviving child and heir of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867) and his wife Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover. The marriage...
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  • Capel Hanbury Leigh 24 December 1835 – 28 September 1861 Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover 9 November 1861 – 27 April 1867 Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of...
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  • General for Wales Lesley Griffiths MS |AM (born 1960), Labour Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867), Whig, after whom Big Ben is reputedly named Edwina...
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  • Name Notability References Sir William Halcrow Tunnels Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover Big Ben Archibald Milne Hamilton Callender-Hamilton bridge and...
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  • Big Ben is first given its nickname (by association with Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover) by the London Evening Standard. 9 November: The last Lord...
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  • Élie Halévy (1870–1937, France, Ph/H) Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867, England/Wales, P) Joseph Hall (1574–1656, England, P) Henry Hallam...
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    her husband Benjamin Hall, later Baron Llanover, the house was designed by Thomas Hopper and was largely complete by 1837. Lady Llanover was an early...
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    originally built between 1808 and 1812 as a private tramway by Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover to connect mines he owned near Markham and Argoed in the Sirhowy...
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    the tomb of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, dated 1868. The church is a Grade II* listed building. Cadw. "St Bartholomew's Church, Llanover (Grade II*)...
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  • Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (until 27 April); Henry Somerset,...
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  • 18 – Robert Smirke, British architect (b. 1780) April 27 – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, after whom Big Ben may be named (b. 1802) May 12 – Friedrich...
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  • District Council. The house had at one time been the home of Sir Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, after whom "Big Ben" may have been named 1937: gave £500...
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    Elizabeth and Charlotte. Charlotte married Benjamin Hall, and became the mother of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover. By the 1770s he was a leading London...
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  • dramatist Benjamin Hall (1778–1817), Welsh industrialist, father of 1st Baron Llanover (below) Henry Fynes Clinton (1781–1852), scholar John Hobhouse, 1st Baron...
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  • August - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865) 8 November Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (d. 1867) William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet and author...
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  • married the Honourable Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover. The children from this marriage were: Henrietta...
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  • January 27 - John Gibson, sculptor (born 1790) 1867 April 27 - Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, industrialist (born 1802) May 23 - William Crawshay II, industrialist...
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  • Robert Smirke, Greek Revival architect (born 1780) 27 April – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, Welsh-born industrialist and politician (born 1802) 22 May...
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  • child of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover and the former Augusta Waddington (sister of Frances Bunsen, wife of the Prussian diplomat Baron Bunsen). Herbert...
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  • British Schools Association, with Jones as treasurer and Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover as president. Jones died at Morgannwg House on Glamorgan Street...
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    younger sister Augusta Waddington became Lady Llanover on marriage to Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover. Frances' mother Georgina was a great niece of...
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  • bell acquires the nickname "Big Ben" by association with Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover. 16 September – Charles Vaughan announces his resignation...
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  • 28 September);Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (from 9 November) Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley Lord Lieutenant...
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  • Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire...
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  • Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire...
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