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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 ...
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 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.
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.
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.
Lord Hill’s Column, outside the Shirehall (Shropshire Council’s headquarters), is one of the most notable landmarks of the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The Column is the tallest Doric column in England, standing at 133 ft 6 in (40.7 m) high, and commemorates Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz and Hawkstone, with a 17 ft (5.2 m) tall statue of Lord Hill standing on the ...
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.
