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Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon (c. 1694 – 30 January 1771), was an Irish politician. Born Arthur Hill, he adopted the surname Hill-Trevor in 1759. He was the second son of Michael Hill of Hillsborough, M.P. and Privy Councillor, and Anne Trevor.
Arthur Hill-Trevor's brother was Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, from whom the Marquesses of Downshire descend. On 17 February 1766, Arthur Hill-Trevor was created Baron Hill, of Olderfleet, and Viscount Dungannon, in the Peerage of Ireland.
Trevor, Arthur Hill (c.1694–1771), 1st Viscount Dungannon, politician and landowner, was the second son of the Rt Hon. Michael Hill of Belvoir, Co. Down, and Anne Hill (née Trevor), daughter, and only child to have issue, of Sir John Trevor of Brynkinalt, Denbighshire.
January 30, 1771 (72-81) Immediate Family: Son of Michael Hill and Anne Hill. Husband of Barbara Hill-Trevor and Anne Hill-Trevor, Viscountess Dungannon. Father of Arthur Hill-Trevor, of Dungannon; Anne Wesley, Countess of Mornington and Prudence Leslie.
- circa 1694
- Private User
- January 30, 1771 (72-81)
- Irish politician.
- Estate and Peerage Title
- First Marriage and Children
- Second Marriage and Children
- Death and Burial
He inherited the Trevor estate of Brynkinalt from his maternal uncle Arthur Trevor, and by Act of Parliament took the name of Trevor in January 1759. By privy seal dated 27 December 1765 he was created Baron Hill of Olderfleet and (1st) Viscount of Dungannon in the Irish peerage, being formally patented at Dublin on 17 February 1766.He took his sea...
His first wife, was Anne Deane (in some sources named Barbara), the second daughter and co-heir of Joseph Deane, of Cumlin, county Dublin, Chief Baron of the (Irish) Exchequer, and his wife Margaret Boyle. She died a year after their marriage at Galgormin, or of the effects of, childbirth. The child also died at or soon after birth.
Arthur then married secondly, 12 January 1737, Anne Stafford, daughter and heir of Edmund Francis Stafford, of Brownstown, county Meath, and Mount Stafford, county Antrim, and his first wife, Penelope Leslie. 1. Hon. Arthur Hill (later Hill-Trevor), born 24 December 1738, elected to Parliament for the Borough of Hillsborough, but died before his fa...
Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount of Dungannon, died at Dublin on 30 January 1771, and was buried at Bevoir, county Down. His will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Ireland in that year. His widow died at Hampton Court on 13 January 1799.
- Male
- January 30, 1771
- Dublin, Ireland
- January 12, 1737
Family and Education. b. 9 Nov. 1798, 1st and o. surv. s. of Arthur Hill Trevor, 2nd Visct. Dungannon [I], and Hon. Charlotte Fitzroy, da. of Charles Fitzroy†, 1st Bar. Southampton. educ. Harrow 1812-17; Christ Church, Oxf. 1817. m.
Arthur Hill-Trevor,1st Viscount Dungannon, born into privilege around 1694, left an enduring mark on Irish politics and society during the 18th century. The second son of Michael Hill of Hillsborough, Arthur’s lineage connected him to distinguished roots, including his maternal grandfather, the eminent Sir John Trevor.
