William Stephen Richard was born in January 1893, the eldest child and only son of the late Admiral George King-Hall and Olga Ker. He married Kathleen Spencer and they had three children. He died in 1966. Curriculum Vitae: Educated in Switzerland, Margate [Kent], Osborne [Isle of Wight] and at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth [with Duke of Windsor, later Edward VIII] Served in HMS Southampton with the Grand Fleet, 1914-1917, including the Battle of Jutland, 1916. Submarine Flotilla, 1918. Awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal United Services Institute, 1919. Admiralty Naval staff 1919-1920 Royal Naval College, 1920-1921 Torpedo Officer, HMS Durban, China Squadron, 1921-1923 Lieutenant Commander, 1923 Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1924 Intelligence Officer, Mediterranean fleet, 1925-1926 Atlantic Fleet, 1927-1928 Commander, 1928 Admiralty Naval staff, 1928-1929, resigned 1929 Founded King-Hall News letter service in 1936; a weekly newsletter, subscription required. MP (Independent National) for Ormskirk division of Lancashire, 1936-1944 Ministry of Aircraft production and ministry of fuel and power Founded Hansard Society for Parliamentary government, 1944, Honorary director and chairman of Council, 1944-1962, president 1963 Radio and TV commentator on current events. Knighted 1954

King-Hall’s publications include: "Western civilisation and the Far East" (Methuen, London, 1924); "Imperial defence. A book for taxpayers" (Fisher Unwin, London, 1926); "The uncharted sea" (Arnold, London, 1926); "The China of today" (Woolf, London, 1927); "Posterity" (Hogarth Essays, London, 1927); "Letters to Hilary" (Ernest Benn, London, 1928); "The romantic adventure" (Stanley Paul, London, 1928); "Hilary growing up" (Ernest Benn, London, 1929); "The war on sea" (Benn's Sixpenny Library, London, 1929); "The Middle Watch" with Ian Hay (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1930); "B. J. One. A play in one act" [1930]; "Post-war pirate" (Methuen, London, 1931); "Britain's chance" (New Statesman and Nation, London, 1932); "Bunga-Bunga" (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1932); "The Midshipmaid" - A naval manoeuvre in three acts, with Ian Hay (French's, London, 1932); "Here and there. Broadcast talks for children" (Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1932); "The economist in the witness box", with N F Hall (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1933); "Three plays and a plaything" (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1933); "Our own times, 1913-1934. A political and economic survey" (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1934); "News for children" (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1934); "Admirals all" An amphibious adventure in three acts, with Ian Hay (French's, London, 1935); "A North Sea diary, 1914-1918" (Newnes, London, 1936); "King George V, 1910-1936". The story of a great reign (Evans Brothers, London, 1936); "The Empire yesterday and today" (Oxford University Press, London, 1937); "The future of party politics" (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1937); "The world since the war" (Nelson and Sons, London, 1937); "Thirty days of India. A note book" (Herbert Jenkins, London, 1937); "Chatham House. A brief account of the origins, purposes and methods of the Royal Institute of International Affairs" (Oxford University Press, London, 1937); "The Crowning of the King and Queen" (Evans Brothers, London, 1937); "Tracing history backwards" with Kenneth Christopher Boswell (Evans Brothers, London, 1937); "Defence-what can I do?" (John Murray, London, 1938); "Our own times, 1913-1938" (Nicholson and Watson, London, 1938); "History of the war" (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1939); "Total victory" (Faber and Faber, London, 1941); "Britain's third chance". A book about post-war problems and the individual (Faber and Faber, London, 1943); "Number 10 Downing Street". A play (National News-Letter, London, 1948); "North American diary" (K-H Services, London, 1949); "Off the record" A naval comedy in three acts, with Ian Hay (Samuel French, London, 1949); "My naval life, 1906-1929" (Faber and Faber, London, 1952); "History in Hansard, 1803-1900". An anthology of wit, wisdom, nonsense and curious observations to be found in the debates of Parliament, with Ann Dewar (Constable, London, 1952); "The Communist conspiracy" (Constable, London, 1953); "German Parliaments". A study of the development of representative institutions in Germany (Hansard Society, London, 1954); "Letters from Africa" (Geoffrey Bles, London, 1957); "Defence in the nuclear age" (Victor Gollancz, London, 1958); "Men of destiny, or the moment of no return" (K-H Services, London, 1960); "Our times, 1900-1960" (Faber and Faber, London, 1961); "Power politics in the nuclear age". A policy for Britain (Victor Gollancz, London, 1962); "Three dictators. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin" (Faber and Faber, London, 1964).