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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.
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 ...
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.
Viscount Hill fought with Wellington during the Peninsular War and distinguished himself at the Battle of Waterloo. He was a favourite of George IV and carried the Royal Standard at his coronation.
22 Sep 1842 Viscount Hill, of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in the County of Shropshire, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his nephew, Sir Rowland Hill, 4th Bt.
Rowland Hill (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a general of Great Britain. Rowland Hill was commissioned into the 38th Regiment of Foot in 1790 and fought in the Siege of Toulon in 1793. In 1800 he fought in the Second Battle of Aboukir when the British landed in Egypt, and was wounded when a musketball hit his head. In 1808 he became a Brigadier General and served in the Peninsular ...
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842) General. John Prescott Knight (1803 - 1881) Oil on canvas. c.1842. Share this:
