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Not to be confused with Sir Rowland Hill of the Post Office nor Rev. Rowland Hill, referred to here, not the first Protestant Lord Mayor of London, Rowland Hill (1495-1561). There's another Rowland Hill at the top of another column, in Hawkstone Park, Shropshire, but we've rather lost track of which one it represents, we don't think it's our one.
4 de ene. de 2019 · Joanna Hill. Wellington's Right Hand: Rowland, Viscount Hill, The History Press Ltd, 2011 «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 he lived and fought – compassionate towards those under his command.
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. after George Dawe lithograph, circa 1819 15 3/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (391 mm x 275 mm) paper size Acquired, 1958 Reference Collection
1 de ene. de 2011 · When ministers at home asked that Hill be allowed to leave the Peninsula and lead an army elsewhere, Wellington dismissed the idea with ‘Would you cut off my right hand?’. Hill fought at Roliça, Corunna, Talavera, Bussaco, Almarez, Vitoria and Waterloo. He succeeded the Duke in 1828 as Commander-in-Chief of the forces and served as such ...
General, active in the Peninsular War; 1814, created Baron Hill of Almarez and of Hawkestone Salop and, in 1816, of Hardwicke; 1842, created Viscount Hill. Commander in Chief, 1828-42. 46 related objects
ROWLAND HILL HILL, 1ST Viscount (1772-1842), British general, was the second son of (Sir) John Hill, of Hawkstone, Shropshire, and nephew of the Rev. Rowland Hill (1744-1833), was born at Prees Hall near Hawkstone on the 11 th of August 1772.
