John Hales d.1714

John HALES d.1714

Bookplate of John Hales (British Museum Franks Collection *237)

Biographical Note

Colonel John Hales is recorded as Governor of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea 1702-14, when he is assumed to have died.

Books

Hales used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 13259/*237); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.

Sources

• Survey of London, List of governors of the Chelsea Hospital.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.