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 Wills hill 1st marquess of downshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire ( 30 May 1718 - 7 October 1793), was a British politician of the Georgian era.
The son of Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, he was born at Fairford in Gloucestershire.
From 1768 to 1772 Hillsborough was Secretary of State for the Colonies and also president of the board of trade, becoming an English earl on his retirement; in 1779 he was made Secretary of State for the Southern Department, and he was created Marquess of Downshire seven years after his final retirement in 1782.
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 8th Marquess of Downshire
Wills Hill, created the 1st Marquess of Downshire in 1789, was a prominent member of Lord North's cabinet at the time of the American (Revolutionary) War, and collected land and peerages with aplomb.
Arthur Robin Ian Hill was born on May 10, 1929, at Brompton Square, London, the only son of Lord Arthur Francis Hill, the younger son of the 6th Marquess of Downshire.
THE 8th Marquess of Downshire, the 12th Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort who has died aged 74, successfully re-established his once great Ulster landowning family in North Yorkshire after the Irish Land Acts and Bracknell New Town had largely deprived them of their original estates.
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 DOWNSHIRE, WILLS HILL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1718-1793) - Online Information article about DOWNSHIRE, WILLS HILL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1718-1793)
DOWNSHIRE, WILLS HILL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1718-1793), son of Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, was born at Fairford in Gloucestershire on the 3oth of May 1718.
UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)
was " a pompous composition of ignorance and want of judgment." He died on the 7th of October 1793 and was succeeded by his son Arthur (1753-1801), from whom the present marquess is descended.
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 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire - Wikipedia
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2935
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire was the son of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and Margaret FitzGerald.
Mary Curzon was the daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon and Esther Hanmer.
John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Roberts Coke.
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 Offaly History Sources - Offaly History, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's County
The discussion will be most useful when set in the context of the development of other towns in the region or the sphere of influence of the particular town under examination.
He is to appear before the constable or the sheriff, on the 1st September annually, with all the men under his government, between 16 and 60, who bear arms, and deliver their names, they answering for their deeds during the year, or in default he is to give satisfaction.
Colonel Thomas Bernard and the Marquess of Downshire held roughly 16,000 and 14,000 acres respectively.
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 Wills HILL 1st Marquess Of Downshire & Margaret FITZGERALD Countess Of Hillsborough
Wills HILL 1st Marquess Of Downshire and Margaret FITZGERALD Countess Of Hillsborough
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 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ( 2 May 1737 - 7 May 1805), also known as the Earl of Shelburne (1761–1784), was a British statesman.
He was twice married, first to Lady Sophia (1745—1771), daughter of John Carteret, 1st Earl Granville, through whom he obtained the Lansdowne estates near Bath, and secondly to Lady Louisa (1755—1789), daughter of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory.
After Pitt’s return to power in 1766 he became Secretary of State for the Southern Department, but during Pitt’s illness his conciliatory policy towards America was completely thwarted by his colleagues and the King, and in 1768 he was dismissed from office.
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 Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough, 1st Marquess of Downshire
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.
Succeeded his father, Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (1693-1742) in 1742, was the most distinguished public figure in the family's history.
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 Gazetteer
Wills Hill, Viscount Hillsborough, and 1st Marquess of Downshire (30 May 1718-07 October 1793), was a politician.
Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, Marquess of Bath, (13 September 1734-19 November 1796) was a Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1768 until 1770 and again from 1775 until 1779.
Halifax was appointed to the Privy Council in 1749 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1764.
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 DOWNS - Online Information article about DOWNS
The crest, however, is not continuous, as the hills are breached by a succession.
As in the case of the North Downs a succession of rivers breach the hills, and a succession of towns mark the gaps.
Between Guildford and Dorking the main line of the Downs reaches a height of 712 ft., but a lateral depression, followed by the railway between these towns, marks off on the south a loftier range of lower greensand, in which Leith Hill, famous as a view-point, is 965 ft. in height.
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 Online 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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 PETTIGREW PAPERS (Osborn Shelves Pettigrew)
ALS to T. Pettigrew 1855 Dec 21 + Hill, Thomas, 1760-1840.
ALS to T. Pettigrew 1854 Jul 28 Accepts position of Vice-President in the British Archaeological Assn. + Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess, 1766-1832.
ALS to T. Pettigrew 1855 Jul 10 About a Congress of the British Archaeological Association to be held on the Isle of Wight.
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 hill01
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (b 30.05.1718, d 07.10.1793)
Sir Moyses Hill of Hillsborough (a 1573, 1617, provost marshall of Ulster)
Anne Hill (d 07.1683, dau of Francis Hill of Hill Hall)
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 A Select Bibliography of Offaly History - Offaly History, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's County
Index to the wills of the diocese of Kildare in the Public Record Office of Ireland.
For local studies students their first ports of call will be the Offaly County Library, local studies section, Tullamore and the Research Centre of the Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society, Bury Quay, Tullamore.
This deficiency will be repaired when a full county bibliography is published in due course.
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Petty, William (1737-1805) 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, statesman ( 30)
Pitt, William (1708-1778) 1st Earl of Chatham, statesman ( 32)
Sackville, Lionel Cranfield (1687-1765) 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ( 9)
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Hill, Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull (1812-1868) 4th Marquess of Downshire ( 2)
Hill, Samuel (1691-1758) MP Registrar of the Court of Admiralty ( 1)
Hill, Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull (1788-1845) 3rd Marquess of Downshire ( 9)
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 Secretary of State for the Colonies
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough( February 27, 1768- August 27, 1772)
Previously those responsibilities had fallen to the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, who was responsible for Southern England, Wales, Ireland, the American colonies, and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe.
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon ( August 18, 1892 - June 21, 1895)
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Rowland Hill, Viscount Hill of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke, 15 and 22 November 1850 and 15 September 1851.
Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, concerning the possibility of a position at Pentonville for son of a clergyman, 1845c.
Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Baron Hampden, regarding the confinement of rebels in Fort George and a Schoolmaster at Portland, 1848c and 1852c.
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 National Portrait Gallery A-Z of Portrait Sitters (D)
James Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-1860), Governor-General of India.
Bertrand Edward Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864-1945), Physician.
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (died 1643), Royalist.
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 Canada in the Making - Glossary
In a move that foreboded some of the negative experiences Aboriginals would have with white peoples from thereon in, Donnacona and his two sons were seized against his will by Cartier in early 1536, and shipped to France to regale French royalty with tales of gold existing in the New World.
He took the name Germain in 1770 under the terms of a will and was made a viscount when he resigned from office in 1782.
He became second Marquess of Londonderry in 1821, but committed suicide the next year.
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 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
21 Mary, dau of Anthony Rowe of Muswell Hill, Middlesex, Clerk of the Green Cloth
The Seize Quartiers of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
The father of Elizabeth Chase (no. 29) is sometimes incorrectly given as William Chase.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1634
Lady Emily Mary Hill was the daughter of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and Margaret FitzGerald.
James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury was the son of James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Keat.
She married James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury, son of James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Keat, on 2 December 1773.
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Built by Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire.
Dundrum Castle: This medieval coastal castle with circular keep and massive walls is set high on a hill overlooking the sea at Dundrum, County Down.
Built by the 1st Marquess of Londonderry, Castlereagh's father.
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 Research and Special Collections Available Locally (NI) - RASCAL Northern Ireland ::Site Search
Letts, Professor E.A. Leveson Gower, Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Chief Secretary of Ireland, 1829
Paget, Henry William (1768-1854), 1st Marquess of Angelsey
Lonsdale, John Brownlee (1850-1924), 1st Baron Armagh,, Unionist MP for Mid-Armagh, 1900-18, and Honorary Secretary of the Irish Unionist Party, 1901-16
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 Irish biographies
Probate of the will of Elizabeth Mary Nesbitt late of 27 Gray's Hill Bangor Co.Down spinster who died 9 Nov 1916 granted at Belfast to Samuel McKee Grocer and Robert E. Darragh Evangelist.
The Will (with one Codicil) of James Nesbitt late of Loyst Co.Monaghan farmer deceased who died 9 Dec 1874 at the same place was proved at Armagh by the oaths of Joseph Reid of Drumcalon Co.Armagh and Samuel Crawford of Drumbrain Co.Monaghan Farmers the Executors.
The Will of James Nesbitt of Tullinageer Co.Monaghan farmer who died 11 June 1884 at the same place was proved at Armagh by John Nesbitt of Crossenagh and James McKee of Tullyvallen both Co.Armagh, farmers the Executors.
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 Index of officials British History Online
Downshire, Marquess of see Hill, Arthur W. Drinkwater (from 1837 Drinkwater Bethune), John Elliott,
-, Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor, 4th Marquess of Downshire,
Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Richard Plantaganet Campbell, styled Marquess of Chandos (1839-61),
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 Category:British Secretaries of State - Art History Online Reference and Guide
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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