Nat Gould

John Rose Hall 1790-1858

John Rose Hall was born in 1790, the son of John Hall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife née Mary Hunt.

He married Mrs Ellen Bromilow on 26 April 1845 at Farnworth in Lancashire. She was born Ellen Leigh in 1805 at Winwick near Warrington, then in Lancashire, the daughter of Thomas Holt Leigh, and baptised on 16 August 1806 at Leigh. She was the widow of James Bromilow (1).

They had a daughter Anne Hall, who was married to Edward McLaughlin who became a General in the Army. they had a son Edward McLaughlin born in 1859.

John Rose Hall was a merchant in Manchester trading in partnership with Richard Gould and Philip Gould from at least as early as 1828 (2). In 1834 Philip Gould left the business (3), and the partnership was dissolved in 1846 (4).

In 1838 John Rose Hall had inherited a Herefordshire estate at Cockshoot Lydiat in Brimfield parish from his uncle the Reverend Philip Hunt 1772-1838 (5). He then moved to reside there, and became a benevolent and greatly respected local squire. The neighbouring Ashwood Park estate that he had similarly inherited was however put up for sale in 1839 (6).

Brimfield village

He was elected to Board of Guardians for Brimfield in 1849 (7).

In the severe winter of 1855 reports appeared in the local press of his charitable generosity: “SEASONABLE DONATION. John Rose Hall, Esq., of the Lydiats, Brimfield, has during the present severe weather distributed by ticket to his workpeople and the poor of the above parish, about six tons of coal, part of which has been delivered to them. This he has been in the habit of doing for several years past.” (8)

In 1857 the whole village celebrated the wedding of his daughter (9). He was long remembered for his "benefactions and exertions in the erection of the Rectory and endowment of the schools they were all so much indebted.” (10)

John Rose Hall died at The Lydiats on 21 May 1858 (11). His Will was proved on 30 June 1858 (12), and sale of his farm and extensive livestoch at the Lydiates began in accordance with the terms of his Will in 1859 (13).

His widow Ellen Hall died at The Lydiats on 31 January 1891 (14).

(1) “Marriages.... On the 24th inst., at Farnworth Church, by the Rev. Wm. Pollock, M.A., Incumbent of St. Helen’s, John Rose Hall, Esq., of Manchester, to Ellen, relict of James Bromilow, Esq., of Green End House, St. Helen’s.” Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 26 April 1845. Also reported similarly in the Hereford Times on 26 April 1845, Hereford Journal on 30 April 1845, Blackburn Standard on 30 April 1845, Liverpool Mercury on 2 May 1845, and Sheffield Independent on 7 March 1846.
(2) John Rose Hall, & Richard and Philip Gould, of Manchester, merchant. were listed as petty creditors of a Birmingham bankrupt: Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette 22 May 1828, and Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 24 May 1828.
(3) “Partnerships Dissolved. Gazette- January 7, 1834.... GOULD Richard and Philip, and John Rose Hall, merchants, Manchester, so far as regards P. Gould, 3d Jan.” Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette 25 January 1834.
(4) "Notice is hereby given, that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us, in the business of Merchants and Manufacturers, carried on at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, was, on the 1st day of January last, dissolved by mutual consent. All debts owing to or by the said partnership will be received and paid by the undersigned Richard Gould.- Dated the 27th day of February 1846. Rd. Gould. Jno. Rose Hall." London Gazette 3 March 1846 Issue 20580 page 833.
(5) There had long been an active connection between the business affairs of his late uncle Philip Hunt 1772-1838 and his brothers-in-law Samuel Moody Gethen and Thomas Gould of Cheapside: "Letting of house and farm called Cockshoot Lydiate . “Descriptive Particulars may be had of ...Mr. S.M. Gethen, Hereford and at T. Gould, and Co. No.73 Cheapside. London.” Hereford Journal 5 August 1818.
(6) “ASHWOOD PARK ESTATE, HEREFORDSHIRE. To be Sold by Auction, At the Crown Hotel, at Ludlow, on Monday the 12th of August, 1839, at Four o’clock, An Estate situate between Leominster and Ludlow, called ASHWOOD PARK, consisting of two FARMS ... Early possession may be had and further particulars known on application to ... John Rose Hall, Esq. Manchester; of Mr. Repton, Aylsham, and at the Office of Mr. Butcher, Auctioneer, Norwich and the Estate may be viewed on application to Mr. John Griffiths of Ashwood Park Lower Farm.” Hereford Journal 17 July 1839. It is interesting to note the connection that had been kept up with William Repton the solicitor and friend of his late uncle Philip Hunt 1772-1838 back in Aylsham, Norfolk.
(7) Worcestershire Chronicle 11 April 1849.
(8) Hereford Journal 7 February 1855; Worcester Journal 10 February 1855.
(9) Brimfield celebrations on the return of Mr and Mrs Edward McLaughlin from their wedding-tour: Hereford Times 11 July 1857.
(10) Hereford Times 16 February 1867.
(11) “Deaths... May 21, at his residence, the Lydiates, near Ludlow, John Rose Hall, Esq., aged 68.” Morning Chronicle 24 May 1858, Morning Post 26 May 1858, Worcester Journal 29 May 1858, and Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 29 May 1858.
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(13) "Notice of Sale of property in Brimfield and livestock at Lydiatts pursuant to the Trusts of the Will of the late John Rose Hall" Hereford Journal 16 March 1859.
(14) “Deaths... HALL.- January 31st., at The Lydiates, Brimfield, Herefordshire, Ellen, widow of John Rose Hall, of The Lydiates, in her 86th year.” Worcestershire Chronicle 7 February 1891.