Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Henry Hall, 1st Baronet, (7 October 1864 – 28 April 1932) was a British businessman and politician. During World War I he was active in recruiting men for 'Kitchener's Army'. Early life Hall was born on 7 October 1864, the son of Herbert William Hall, JP for Surrey. Frederick was educated privately and became a member of Lloyd's of London in 1896 and the Baltic Exchange in 1902. He was a member of the Committee of Lloyd's from 1921 to 1923. He was also a director of a number of companies, especially in the electricity supply industry. Political career A personal friend of the politician Bonar Law, Hall succeeded him as Conservative Member of Parliament for Dulwich in the December, 1910 general election, and held the seat in succeeding elections until his death in 1932. From 1907 to 1913 he was a member of London County Council for Dulwich, and was also a governor of Dulwich College Estates, a trustee of the Crystal Palace, and a magistrate in Surrey. Of his service in parliament, the Times said: "he was known for his zeal in questioning ministers, and for his ingenuity in devising 'supplementaries'. He was a strong party man, and was accustomed to express his opinions with a vigour which sometimes aroused the anger of his opponents, though his genial personality made him genuinely popular." Military career On the outbreak of World War I, Lord Kitchener issued his famous call to arms: 'Your King and Country Need You'. The flood of volunteers soon overwhelmed the ability of the Army to process them, and many units like the famous 'Pals Battalions' were raised under the auspices of mayors and corporations of towns up and down the country. On 14 January 1915 the War Office (WO) authorised Hall and the Mayor of Camberwell to recruit a brigade of four batteries of the Royal Field Artillery (RFA), to be numbered CLVI (156th), popularly known as the Camberwell Gun Brigade. Hall was commissioned as a Temporary Major on 5 February 1915 and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 17 April. The local response was so prompt that in March another brigade was raised, numbered CLXII (162nd). The WO was then told that there were still enough would-be recruits in the Camberwell neighbourhood to raise the whole artillery for an infantry division. At once, authority was given to recruit the two remaining RFA