Robert Hall (1801 – 25 May 1857) [1] was an English lawyer [2] and Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the general election in March 1857 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Leeds, [3] having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1852. [3] However he died in office less than two months after his election to the House of Commons. [1]
He became Deputy Recorder of Leeds in 1842, and campaigned on child labour with Richard Oastler and Michael Thomas Sadler, and against juvenile crime, also founding a Sunday school. After his death he was commemorated by a statue. [2]