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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
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, 1 er vizconde Hill (11 de agosto de 1772-10 de diciembre de 1842), fue un general británico que destacó en las guerras napoleónicas, sobre todo en Egipto, la Península ibérica y la batalla de Waterloo. Actuó la mayor parte de su carrera a las órdenes del duque de Wellington, quien confiaba plenamente en él. [1]
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.
John Prescott Knight painted this portrait at about the time Hill was created a Viscount in 1842, which was also the year of his death. Hill studied at a military academy in Strasbourg. He...
Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system , based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his solution of pre-payment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters.
