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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842) General. John Prescott Knight (1803 - 1881) Oil on canvas. c.1842. Share this:
General Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke in the County of Salop, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1842 for General Rowland Hill. He had already been created
Rowland Clegg-Hill, 3rd Viscount Hill (5 December 1833 – 30 March 1895), known as Rowland Hill until 1872, was a British Conservative politician. Background [ edit ] Born Rowland Clegg Hill, at Hawkstone Hall , [1] Shropshire, he was the son of Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill , and Anne, daughter of Joseph Clegg.
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 ...
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 ...
Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke in the County of Salop, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1842 for General Rowland Hill. He had already been created Baron Hill, of Almaraz and of Hawkstone in the County of Salop, in 1814, with remainder to the heirs male of his body, and Baron Hill, of Almarez and of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in the County of Salop ...
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 brigade, division and corps commander. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.
