Walter Russell Hall
Australian businessman (1831-1911)
Walter Russell Hall (22 February 1831 – 13 October 1911) was an Australian businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Hall was born in Kington, Herefordshire, England, eldest son of Walter Hall, glover (later a miller), and his wife Elizabeth Carleton, née Skarratt. He was educated in Kington and Taunton, Somerset.
Hall arrived in Sydney on 14 February 1852 with his two brothers, Thomas Skarratt Hall and James Wesley Hall with little money. Hall was employed for a short time by David Jones and then prospected for gold in Victoria with meagre success. From 1857 he was a major investor and administrator of the Australian stagecoach company Cobb & Co. He was also an original shareholder and director of Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, incorporated in 1886. Other directorships included the Mercantile Mutual, and the Sydney Meat Preserving Co. Ltd.
Hall married Melbourne born Eliza Rowdon Kirk in 1874.
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