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Lord George Augusta Hill (9 December 1801 – 6 April 1879) was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and landowner. Hill was the posthumous son of the 2nd Marquess of Downshire and his wife Mary, Marchioness of Downshire, granddaughter of the 1st Baron Sandys. Lord George was born three months after his father's death by suicide.
28 de jan. de 2021 · By John Joe McGinley. Lord George Augusta Hill the 3 rd was an Irish military officer, politician, landlord and author. He would go on to marry not one but two nieces of Jane Austen and become somewhat of a poster boy for Victorian Anglo-Irish landlordism in Ireland, following the publication of his book ‘Facts from Gweedore’ in ...
Hill, Lord George. Hill, Lord George (1801–79), landlord, was born 9 December 1801, fifth son of Arthur Hill (qv) 2nd marquess of Downshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Col. Martin Sandys (1729–68), brother of the baron of Ombersley. He was born three months after his father's suicide.
Lord George Hill was among the principal lessors in the parish of Tullaghobegley at the time of Griffiths Valuation. In the 1870s he owned over 24,000 acres in County Donegal. Hill had purchased his Gweedore estate in the 1830s. He wished to modernize both farming practices and landholding on the estate but was perceived as a harsh landlord.
18 de jun. de 2014 · An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries. A profile of the 19th century landlord, George Hill, and his attempts to ...
30 de jan. de 2024 · Publisher: Beyond the Pale Books. Guideline Price: £16. The most surprising thing about Lord George Hill (1801-1879) is that we have heard so little about him. In 2011, Sophia Hillan drew ...
6 de abr. de 2012 · History Ireland. April 6. Published in On this Day listing. 1879. Above: Lord George Hill c. 1867. (Columbia University) Lord George Hill (77), landlord, whose estates covered some 23,000 acres in north-west Donegal, died.
