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General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) 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. Educated at The King's School in Chester, Hill was commissioned into 38th Foot in 1790. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 ...
23 de ene. de 2024 · Arms of Hill: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent. 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. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.
2 de may. de 2022 · General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) 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. Educated at The King's School in Chester, Hill was commissioned ...
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almarez was a man who frequently led from the front in some of the deadliest battles ofthe Napoleonic Wars. Hill was given his own ‘detached' corps and fought his way through Spain, Portugal and France, winning battles against the odds – such at St Pierre, where he defeated the redoubtable ...
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz, was born 11 August 1772, the second son of Sir John Hill and Mary Chambre. Hill studied the techniques of war in Strasbourg and was commissioned into the 38th Foot in 1790. There were three ways to acquire a commission: One could purchase a commission, which Sir John did for his son.
1825 wurde Hill zum General befördert und wurde 1827 Gouverneur von Plymouth, im Februar 1828 Oberbefehlshaber der britischen Armee . Rowland Hill, 1. Viscount Hill, um 1842. Im August 1842 trat er in den Ruhestand und wurde am 27. September 1842 zum Viscount Hill, of Hawkestone and of Hardwicke in the County of Shrewsbury erhoben.
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. Date of birth. 11 August 1772. Shropshire. Date of death. 10 December 1842. Shrewsbury. Country of citizenship. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.