Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

British Army general (1772-1842)

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.

The Viscount Hill
Lieutenant-General Rowland Lord Hill, 1819. Canvas by George Dawe
Born11 August 1772 (1772-08-11)
Prees, Shropshire
Died10 December 1842 (1842-12-11) (aged 70)
Hadnall, Shropshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1790–1842
RankGeneral
Commands heldII Corps
Battles/warsNapoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal)
Knight Commander of the Military William Order (Netherlands)
Arms of Hill: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent[1]

Footnotes

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  1. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.577

References

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  • Burke, Edmund (1813). The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1813, Volume 149.
  • Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.
  • Glover, Michael (2001). The Peninsular War 1807–1814. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-139041-7.
  • Hill, Joanna (2011). Wellington's Right Hand: Rowland, Viscount Hill. The History Press Limited. ISBN 978-0752459172.
  • Oman, Charles (1993). Wellington's Army, 1809–1814. London: Greenhill. ISBN 0-947898-41-7.
  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hill, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 466–467.

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Military offices
Preceded by
The Lord Forbes
Colonel of the 3rd Garrison Battalion
1809
Succeeded by
Baldwin Leighton
Preceded by
Francis Dundas
Colonel of the 94th Regiment of Foot
1809–1815
Succeeded by
Unknown
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Sir James Henry Craig
Governor of Blackness Castle
1812–1814
Succeeded by
The Earl of Lindsey
Preceded by
The Duke of Richmond
Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull
1814–1830
Succeeded by
The Earl Cathcart
Preceded by
James Stuart
Colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot
1815–1817
Succeeded by
Sir George Murray
Preceded by
Sir John Abercromby
Colonel of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
1817–1830
Succeeded by
Lord FitzRoy Somerset
Preceded by
The Duke of Wellington
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
1828–1842
Succeeded by
The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by
The Duke of Cumberland
Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues)
1830–1842
Succeeded by
The Marquess of Anglesey
Preceded by
The Earl Harcourt
Governor of Plymouth
1830–1842
Office abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present)
Preceded by
William Hill
Henry Grey Bennet
Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
1812–1814
With: Henry Grey Bennet
Succeeded by
Richard Lyster
Henry Grey Bennet
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Viscount Hill
1842
Succeeded by
Rowland Hill
Baron Hill
1814–1842
Extinct
Baron Hill
1816–1842
Succeeded by
Rowland Hill