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Hill, Rowland, 1st Viscount Hill (1772–1842). Soldier. Hill was a younger son of Sir John Hill, baronet, of Shropshire and one of five brothers to join the army. He was wounded near Alexandria in 1801 while serving under Abercromby and was promoted major-general in 1805.
Wellington's right hand : Rowland, Viscount Hill by Joanna Hill ( Book ) 1 edition published in 2011 in Undetermined and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. "One of the most unlikely soldiers of his day, General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almarez was imaginative, brave - and perhaps more surprisingly for the period in which ...
Rowland [Hill], 1st Baron Hill later 1st Viscount Hill, GCB GCH PC. 2nd son of Sir John Hill, 3rd Bt., of Hawkestone, co. Shropshire, by his wife Mary Chambré, dau. and cohrss. of John Chambré, of Petton, co. Salop. born. 11 Aug 1772. died. 10 Dec 1842 (bur. in Hadnal Church ,co. Shropshire) created
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, was a British Army officer and English aristocrat who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the Duke of Wellington. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.
General Nicknamed both' farmer' and 'daddy' because of his ruddy, fair-haired, kindly countenance and generous nature, Hill was Wellington's most reliable subordinate officer and one of the leading generals under Wellington in the Peninsula, commanding the right wing at the Battle of Vittoria, 1813. He fought at Waterloo, 1815, where his brigade engaged the Imperial Guard at close quarters ...
