Surgeon, public health reformer and a member of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Dr E.S. Hall (1804 -1881) arrived in Hobart in 1833, accompanied by his wife Mary Hall (nee Latham). He ran a Medical School at the General Hospital, Hobart, during the early 1850s, and also delivered public lectures at the Mechanics Institute. In 1861 he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the new Benevolent Society where he campaigned for deserted families, poor nursing mothers and orphan children. He was also a prominent Catholic layman and helped to build many churches. His last public office was the dispersal of charitable aid in March 1880. ;;;;He and Mary had six daughters and four sons. The daughters comprised Mary Jane, who as Sister Mary Agnes, became a Sister of Charity at St. Joseph's Convent in Hobart, Victoria, Anne, Anastasia, who kept a library in Collins Street, Hobart, and Josephine. Their son, Leventhorpe Michael Hall was a draughtsman in the Lands and Survey Department. ;;;;Of the ten children born to Edward and Mary Hall, four died in infancy. They included: Reginald (9 days old), Latham (18 months old), Alexandrina (8 months old) and a stillborn male son. None of the surviving Hall children married.