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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.
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, 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, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842) c. 1835. RCIN 405137. Viscount Hill fought with Wellington during the Peninsular War and distinguished himself at the Battle of ...
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 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 ...
