Fred Hall-Jones
Frederick George Hall-Jones 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.He took over the legal practice of R. H. Rattray at Invercargill in 1917, it later being known as Hall-Jones & Sons. At the 1938 general election he stood as the National Party candidate for the seat of, but lost to Labour's William Denham.
In 1953, Hall-Jones was awarded the Queen [Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 [Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1957 Queen's Birthday Honours], for services in community affairs and as an historian in Southland. His son, John Hall-Jones, was an otolaryngologist, author and historian of southern New Zealand.