Henry R. Hall

Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Robert Hall
Personal details
Born(1917-05-25)May 25, 1917
Dulwich, London, England
DiedOctober 25, 2012(2012-10-25) (aged 95)
Known for
Vice-president of The Scout Association; founder of the Robert Hall Foundation
Awards
Bronze Wolf Award; OBE

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robert "Bill" Hall (25 May 1917 – 25 October 2012) was a British Scout leader and philanthropist. He served as a vice-president of The Scout Association and was active in supporting international Scouting, including post-Cold War initiatives in Europe.

Early life

Hall was born in Dulwich, south London.

Scouting career

Hall became a Scout in 1930 and remained involved in the movement for decades.

He founded the 48th Camberwell Scout Group in 1937 and later held commissioner roles, including in Greater London and Jersey.

In 2007, he received the Bronze Wolf Award, the highest distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

Public appointments and honours

Hall was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in 1967.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1983 New Year Honours for services to the Scout Association in Jersey.

Philanthropy

In February 1983, Hall and his wife Margaret Lucy Hall established the Robert Hall Foundation as a Jersey charitable trust to support charitable giving, including youth-related causes.

Personal life and death

Hall died on 25 October 2012, aged 95.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hall". The Times. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. ↑ https://members.scouts.org.uk/newsandviews/module/31/713/register Scout Association obituary
  3. ↑ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". World Scouting (archived). Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "The London Gazette, Issue 44448, page 12224 (Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London)" (PDF). The Gazette. 10 November 1967. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Supplement to The London Gazette, Issue 49212, Supplement 10 (New Year Honours 1983)" (PDF). The Gazette. 31 December 1982. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Robert Hall Foundation (The) (Registered Charity Number 216)". Jersey Charities. Retrieved 2 January 2026.