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General Rowland Hill

Male 1772 - 1842  (70 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Rowland Hill 
    Prefix General 
    Birth 11 Aug 1772 
    Gender Male 
    Battle 18 Jun 1815  Waterloo, België Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 December 1842 
    Siblings 12 Siblings 
    Person ID I704234  Geneagraphie
    Links To This person is also Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill at Wikipedia 
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2017 

    Father John Hill,   b. 1 Aug 1740   d. May 1824 (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Mary Chambre   d. 1808 
    Marriage 1768 
    Family ID F301863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBattle - 18 Jun 1815 - Waterloo, België Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Baron HILL, of Almaraz, and of Hawkestone and Hardwicke, co. Salop,

      P.C., D.C.I*, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.T.S., K.M.T., and K.S.G.,

      Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, General in the Army,

      Colonel of the Horse Guards, and

      Governor of Plymouth ;

      created:

      17 May 1814, Baron Hill, of Almaraz, and of Hawkestone, co. Salop ;

      16 Jan. 1816, Baron Hill, of Almaraz, and of Hardwicke,

      co. Salop, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of his brother, John Hill, esq., deceased.
    • served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the Duke of Wellington. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.



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