Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill


The Viscount Hill

Lieutenant-General Lord Hill (1819), by George Dawe
Born11 August 1772 (1772-08-11)
Prees, Shropshire, England
Died10 December 1842 (1842-12-11) (aged 70)
Hadnall, Shropshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1790–1842
RankGeneral
Commands heldII Corps
Battles/wars
Awards
Relations
Arms of Hill: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent[1]

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. Well-liked by the soldiers he commanded, he was known as "Daddy Hill".

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

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