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  ROWLAND HILL, 1ST VISCOUNT HILL - LoveToKnow Article on ROWLAND HILL, 1ST VISCOUNT HILL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
, 1ST VISCOUNT (1772-1842), British erai, was the second son of (Sir) John Hill, of Hawkstone, -opshire, and nephew of the Rev, Rowland Hill (1744-1833), I born at Prees Hall near Hawkstone on the 11th of August 2.
Hill one of the general officers rewarded for their services by rages; his title being at first Baron Hill of Almaraz and wkstone, and he received a pension, the thanks of parliament I the freedom of the city of London.
Lord Hill was, next to Wellington, the most popular and able soldier of his time in the British service, and was so much beloved by the troops, especially those under his immediate command, that he gained from them the title of the soldiers friend.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HI/HILL_ROWLAND_HILL_1ST_VISCOUNT.htm   (703 words)

  
 Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772 - 1842) was a soldier who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a subordinate to the Duke of Wellington.
He was a lieutenant general and second-in-command in later stages of the Peninsular War.
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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 Sir Rowland Hill : Napoleonic Wars : Generals :
Hill began his Peninsular Campaign at Rolica and Vimiero, took part at Corunna and Oporto, and played a vital defensive role at Talavera.
Hill was given a peerage in 1814 and upon Napoleon Bonaparte's return to Paris from Elba he journeyed to Holland to assist the Dutch building up their army.
Retiring, Hill remained out of the public eye for 10 years but returned to it when asked by Wellington, the Prime Minister, to be the head of the army.
www.napoleonguide.com /soldiers_hill.htm   (355 words)

  
 Rowland Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hill published his most famous pamphlet Post Office Reform: its Importance and Practicability in 1837, when he was 42.
Hill wrote in his reform plan about the need for official pre-printed envelopes and adhesive postage stamps as alternative ways of getting the sender to pay for the postage - which at that time was optional.
The uniform penny postage was inaugurated with a postage-prepaid envelope (on the face of which was a printed elaborately pictorial illustration to discourage counterfeiting) on 10 January 1840, four months before stamps were issued on 6 May 1840.
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 Viscount Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viscount Hill is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that dates to 1842.
At the first Viscount's death, the barony of 1814 became extinct because he had no male issue.
The barony of 1816, together with the Viscountcy, passed to the first Viscount's nephew Rowland due to a special remainder in the letters patent creating the titles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viscount_Hill   (105 words)

  
 Hillsborough Pedigree
Later, Hill and Sir James Hamilton acquired a larger tract in the same area from O'Neill; and in 1622 he was one of the parties in a legal conflict over O'Neill's property.
Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbell Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire was the son of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire and Mary Sandys, Baroness Sandys.
Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire was the son of Captain Lord Arthur Francis Henry Hill and Ishabel Wilhelmina Sheila MacDougall.
www.kreweofhillsborough.com /Pedigree.html   (1077 words)

  
 HILL Surname Origins & Heraldry
Crests: 1st, HILL, tower, arg., surmounted with a garland of laurel, ppr.; 2nd, CLEGG, in front of two branches of oak fructed in saltire, pprl, a cross-crosslet, crossed or.
The Irish surname Hill is toponymic in origin, belonging to that group of surnames derived from the place where the original bearer once resided.
Hill: "The name Hill in Ireland is usually of immigrant origin having been brought to the country by settlers who arrived in to the Province of Ulster especially during the seventeenth century.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~hillsofsalem/heraldry2.html   (522 words)

  
 Morgan Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California.
It is approximately 12 miles south of San Jose, California, 10 miles north of Gilroy, California, and 15 miles inland from the Pacific Coast.
The Morgan Hill Unified School District operates ten elementary schools (K-6), three middle schools (7-9), and two high schools in the greater San Jose, California, USA area.
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 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For this, he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Wellington, of Talavera and of Wellington in the County of Somerset.
He died in 1852, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
Viscount Wellington, of Talavera and of Wellington in the County of Somerset (4 September 1809)
open-encyclopedia.com /Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington   (2317 words)

  
 HILL - Online Information article about HILL
Hill was one of the general See also:
Netherlands, and Hill was appointed to one of the two corps commands in this army.
office in 1842 he was created a viscount.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HILL.html   (874 words)

  
 HEREDITARY BARONIES IN THE PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
7 Barony of Duneira of the county of Perth 24 December 1802(The Barony belongs to and is held by Viscount Melville).
33 Barony of Hill of Almarez and of Hawkstone 16 January 1816(The Barony is held by Viscount Hill).
183 Barony of Colville of Culross 31 December 1885(The Barony is held by the Viscount Colville of Culross).
www.hulthenhem.se /peer/baronuk.htm   (6735 words)

  
 Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Succeeded his father, Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (1693-1742) in 1742, was the most distinguished public figure in the family's history.
The subsequent growth of Banbridge as a center of the linen trade was greatly fostered by the new landlord's encouragement, an encouragement also exercised on a national scale as a member of the Linen Board.
A man of some taste and culture, Wills Hill was responsible for rebuilding the mansion at Hillsborough, along with the parish church and most of the village.
kreweofhillsborough.com /whill.htm   (353 words)

  
 College - Houses - Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This in-college house is named after Viscount Hill, Commander of the Anglo Dutch 2nd Corps.
Rowland Hill - Lord Hill (1772 - 1842) - was universally liked by the soldiers under his command, he was known as "Daddy Hill" by the troops who valued and respected his kindness.
Vicountess Hill planting a tree in the Foundation Memorial Grove with the Housemaster, Bruce Roth and the Tom Peacock, Head of House on Friday 5th December 2003
www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk /college/rightbottom_house_hil.htm   (174 words)

  
 hill
1st, HILL, tower, arg., surmounted with a gardland of laurel, ppr.; 2nd, CLEGG, in front of two branches of oak fructed in saltire, pprl, a cross-crosslet, crossed or.
Hill College House is named for Robert C. Hill, Class of 1889, a Wharton graduate and Penn trustee.
to Boston Harbor in 1632, is recognized as the progenitor of the HILL Family in America.
www.lahills.homestead.com /hill.html   (619 words)

  
 The Parish Church of St Mary in Chirk North Wales
Trevor was Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the House of Commons.
The male line came to an end in 1762 and the estates passed to Arthur Hill (Trevor), 1st Viscount Dungannon of the second creation.
These memorials were removed and have been gradually replaced by memorials to the late Hill-Trevors as may be seen on the south and east sides of the chancel both in stone and stained-glass.
www.chirk.com /stmary2.html   (271 words)

  
 Rowland Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, (1772-1842) British lieutenant general and Commander in Chief of the Forces
Rowland Hill (preacher), (1744-1833), English preacher at the Surrey Chapel
Sir Rowland Hill (died 1783), father of Rowland Hill (preacher)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rowland_Hill   (113 words)

  
 Notes
Viscount Doneraile was one of the godfathers of Thomas Arthur Corlett (baptised 26 Sep. 1734) in the parish of Lezayre, Isle of Man. Thomas Arthur Corlett was the son of Robert Corlett of Loughan-e-Yeigh and Elizabeth Parr.
Hunting and racing were favourite pastimes of the viscounts and their families; indeed it is said of the fourth Viscount he only dismounted for a meal and an occasional change of clothing.
Viscount Doneraile, he was founder of classic racing, and attained immortality by establishing the St. Leger sweepstakes at Doncaster in 1779.
www.gbnf.com /genealog3/maytree/html/notes.HTM   (19191 words)

  
 George William Hill --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Among his many accomplishments, Hill was the first to use infinite determinants to analyze the motion of the Moon's…
Among his many accomplishments, Hill was the first to use infinite determinants to analyze the motion of the Moon's perigee (1877).
Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040455   (850 words)

  
 Wellington's Dispatches
On the 15th, the enemy moved a large force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery upon Guarda the third time, and passed the hill into the valley of the Mondego, and obliged our party of observation which had been stationed there under Captain Cocks, of the 16th light dragoons, to retire upon the Serra.
On the same day, a large column passed the hill of Alverca (which forms the left of the Guarda range) and Marçal do Chaõ, and halted at Baraçal, likewise in the valley of the Mondego ; and the 8th corps, under General Junot, passed the Coa at Porto de Vide.
General Hill's corps is at Espinhal, and will join on the next day.
www.wtj.com /archives/wellington/1810_09b.htm   (1737 words)

  
 hawkstone hall | history of hawkstone hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Hill family played their part in the life of the nation as well as the county.
One of its most illustrious sons, Lord Hill, distinguished himself as the second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo.
The fortune of the Hills of Hawkstone was to change, however, for at the end of the 19th century, during the tenure of the 3rd Viscount, the Hill family was declared bankrupt.
www.hawkstone-hall.com /site/history_of_hh.asp   (477 words)

  
 OFFOFFOFF theater review THE VISCOUNT play by Eugene Ionesco with Gerald Marsini, Rasheed Hinds, Dan Maccarone, Art ...
This unfinished, never-before-produced (according to the producers and a quick Internet search) Ionesco work had very funny moments, no question, but was a little like watching an average Monty Python or improv sketch that had somehow been allowed to stretch on for 40 minutes.
The visiting characters are colorful, and they appear and depart with enough speed that the play stays entertaining even for those with different senses of humor.
Jan W. Hill's performance as The Fat Gentleman stands out especially, as he somehow conjures up a sloppy fat body for himself using nothing more than movements and posture.
www.offoffoff.com /theater/2001/viscount.php3   (601 words)

  
 Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many hills are taller than 600 metres, but hills are generally small.
Bobby Hill, fictional character on the animated series King of the Hill
Hank Hill, fictional character on the animated series King of the Hill
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hills   (197 words)

  
 The Viscount Bennett Anti-Disinterment Website
He was active in his adopted new community, and in 1941, was appointed to the House of Lords as 'Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell'.
Harry Doyle is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Albert, which includes the town of Hopewell Hill, the birthplace of R.B. Bennett.
Recent news coverage has focussed on statements made by Viscount Bennett when he departed Canada saying "England is my home", and indicating his home in Canada was Calgary, not Hopewell, New Brunswick.
www.omalco.com /bennett-rip.htm   (289 words)

  
 Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch
Graham set to the whole column, in the foremost point of every attack.’ On one occasion, when a private soldier was killed, Graham snatched up his musket and took his place at the head of the attacking column.
It is worthy of notice that it was at Toulon he first became acquainted with his life-long friend, Rowland Hill, then a captain, who ultimately became Viscount Hill, and commander-in chief of the British army.
General Ruffin’s division, confident of success, met it on the ascent of the hill, and, after a sanguinary conflict, was driven from the heights in confusion, leaving two pieces of cannon in the hands of the victors.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/thomas_graham.htm   (4529 words)

  
 Hill - new and used books
This is the behind-the-scenes story of Damon Hill's Formula One World Championship challenge.
Hill charts the emotions and excitement, strains and pressures of the 16-race circuit.
By The Son And Daughter Of Henry Hill - Immortalised In The Book 'wiseguy' And The Martin Scorsese Film Goodfellas - 'on The Run' Is The Harrowing Account Of A Childhood Spent Coping With An Explosive Father Whilst Dodging Mafia Payback.
www.isbn.pl /A-Hill   (1050 words)

  
 mussen.htm
William Richardson of Richhill, who was MP for Armagh in the fifties, married Daniel Mussenden's daughter, Isabella, in 1746, their son also being MP for Armagh; and Arthur Hill of Belvoir, Belfast, an MP for many years, and later Viscount Dungannon, was a close friend of the family.
There are also several letters from Arthur Hill, MP, later Viscount Dungannon, about the Lagan Canal and Musssenden's involvement in it (1756-1758), and a few other papers relating to turnpikes (1755-1756).
There are also several more letters from Arthur Hill, Viscount Dungannon, who appears to have been a close friend of Daniel Mussenden.
www.proni.gov.uk /records/private/mussen.htm   (1251 words)

  
 Regency Romance Novel Authors H
Summary: Lady leaves her miserly guardian to be a guest in the home of a countess whose son wants to marry her, but she's tempted by a rake.
Summary: Heiress who must choose one of her cousins as a husband asks one to pose as her fiance in order arouse jealousy in the cousin she loves but who is indifferent to her.
Summary: An indebted viscount who must marry a wealthy Cit's daughter though he loves another comes to love his wife in a different way and manages to make his own fortune on the Exchange by having confidence in the victory at Waterloo.
www.thenonesuch.com /hbooks.htm   (10687 words)

  
 New Zealand Horse Breeding and Racing news updated daily, www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz
Rich Hill Stud, Walton, ahs three yearlings by Zabeel to sell in Sydney - colt from Miss Tessla, a colt from So Like Lae and a filly from Tearrunner.
Trelawney Stud, Cambridge, had a very healthy sale in Sydney last year and will be back across the Tasman with another powerful draft featuring a Giant's Causeway-La Bella Dama colt who is by all accounts a smashing individual.
This is the first foal of Hill Of Grace, a high-class Zabeel mare who won the Gr.
www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz /nz?id=17092   (588 words)

  
 The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Browse the combined corporate and business indexes
Hill, Joseph (1733-1811) Clerk of the Peace for Berkshire (1)
Hill, Samuel (1691-1758) MP Registrar of the Court of Admiralty (1)
Hill, William (fl 1842-1859) Colour Sergeant In Cheshire Regiment Of Foot (1)
www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk /nra/browser/person/page/person_HI.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Down County petition: shorthand writer's notes of judgement and evidence at the trial
Lord Hill, Viscount Castlereagh and J. Crawford were election candidates for two seats.
Crawford was the one candidate not returned, but Viscount Castlereagh's majority over him was only twenty and the petitioner has claimed that this result was contrived by bribery or by otherwise influencing voters.
There is a difference of opinion between the two adjudicators, although they agree in their findings on most matters.
www.bopcris.ac.uk /eppi/ref12601.html   (167 words)

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