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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, PC (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
Hill, Wills (1718–93), 1st marquess of Downshire , politician, was born at Fairford, Gloucestershire, on 30 May 1718, the third but only surviving son of Trevor Hill (1693–1742), 1st Viscount Hillsborough, and Mary Hill (née Rowe), the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Rowe of Muswell Hill, Middlesex, and North Aston, Oxfordshire ...
The American Revolution. Home. People. Hillsborough, Lord. Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1719-1793) Lord Hillsborough was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772, during the crucial years following the introduction of the Townshend Acts.
20 de out. de 2022 · Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
- Fairford, England
- October 07, 1793 (75)
- May 30, 1718
- Michael Lawrence Rhodes
First holder: Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire: Present holder: Arthur Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire: Heir apparent: Edmund Hill, Earl of Hillsborough: Remainder to: The 1st Marquess' heirs male of the body lawfully begotten: Subsidiary titles: Earl of Hillsborough Earl of Hillsborough Viscount Hillsborough Viscount ...
Wills Hill, 1st Marquis of Downshire. primary name: Hill, Wills. 1751-1789: (Earl of) Hillsborough. other name: (Marquis of) Downshire. 1742-1751: (Viscount) Hillsborough. Details. individual; politician/statesman; British; Male. Life dates. 1718-1793. Biography. Politician.
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, (1718-1793), later 1st Marquess of Downshire, After Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Irish, 1740-1808. Photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. “ From 1768-72 he held the post of Secretary of State for the Colonies.
