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Find a Grave Memorial ID: 185926313. Source citation. British Army General, 1st Viscount Hill. He served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the famed Duke of Wellington. He joined the Army in 1790 and remained in it until his death. During the Peninsular War, he fought at the Battle of ...
Hill was born at Prees Hall, near Hawkstone, on 11 August 1772. He was nephew of the Rev. Rowland Hill (1744-1833). At the age of seven he was sent to school at Ightfield, near his home, and was afterwards at private schools at Chester, kept by the Rev. Mr. Vanburgh and the Rev. Mr. Winfield. He was not at Rugby, as often asserted, the Rowland ...
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.
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 ...
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, 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
