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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842), General. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 25 portraits 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 ...
Hill was the son of Colonel John Hill, eldest son of Sir John Hill, 3rd Baronet. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Cornish Rhodes, while the renowned military figures Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, Sir Robert Hill, Clement Hill and Sir Thomas Hill were his uncles.
14 de may. de 2024 · Lieutenant-General Rowland Lord Hill, 1819. Canvas by George Dawe. General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) 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.
HILL, ROWLAND 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 11th of August 1772. He was gazetted to the 38th regiment in 1790, obtaining permission at the same time to study in a military academy at Strassburg, where he continue
2 de may. de 2022 · General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) 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. Early career. Educated at The King's School in Chester, Hill was ...
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz, was born 11 August 1772, the second son of Sir John Hill and Mary Chambre. Hill studied the techniques of war in Strasbourg and was commissioned into the 38th Foot in 1790. There were three ways to acquire a commission: One could purchase a commission, which Sir John did for his son.
