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General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer and English aristocrat who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander.
- 1790–1842
- British Army
13 de mar. de 2024 · Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (born August 11, 1772, Hawkstone, Shropshire, England—died December 10, 1842, Hardwicke Grange, Shropshire) was a British general and one of the Duke of Wellington’s chief lieutenants in the Peninsular (Spanish) campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.
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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.
- the Hon. Michael Charles David Clegg-Hill
- Baron Hill, Baronet Clegg-Hill of Hawkestone
- (Peter) David Raymond Charles Clegg-Hill, 9th Viscount Hill
- Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
Rowland Hill, first Viscount Hill, general, was the second son and fourth of the sixteen children of John Hill, afterwards third baronet, of Hawkstone, Shropshire, by his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Chambre of Petton in the same county. Hill was born at Prees Hall, near Hawkstone, on 11 August 1772.
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.
views 3,780,717 updated. 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.
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. by Thomas Heaphy. watercolour and pencil, 1813-1814. NPG 1914 (7) Find out more > Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card.
