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Eric Edward Dawson Hall

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Eric Edward Dawson Hall, Mining engineer, later H.M. Inspector of Mines, owner of residual Aldcliffe Hall property

Dates: flourished 1945-1953

Biography

A nephew of Mary Philadelphia Dawson, Eric Edward Dawson Hall inherited Aldcliffe Hall and its much-reduced surrounding estate in 1945. He adopted the surname Dawson-Hall by deed poll in 1946 and sold the surviving property in 1953.

Notes / Sources

The documented property was only the residual hall estate, not demonstrably the whole historic manor.

Research sources:
- R. Bellis, Aldcliffe historical transcript, pp. 104-107, recording Eric Edward Dawson Hall's inheritance, 1946 deed poll and 1953 sale. — https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/rhc/Aldcliffetranscript.pdf

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