Charles Hall (MP for Lincolnshire)
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Charles Hall was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

  in 1654 and 1656.

Hall was probably the son of Thomas Hall of Barlow Lees, Derbyshire. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge
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 at Easter 1619 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn
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 on 15 November 1619.

In 1654, Hall was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Lincolnshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832.-History:...

 in the First Protectorate Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....

 and was re-elected MP for Lincolnshire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament
Second Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...

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Hall died in 1669 and was buried at Kettlethorpe.
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