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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer who 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.
Background and early career.
Hill was born on 11August 1772 at Hawkstone Hall near Prees, Shropshire. He was the second son and fourth child of Sir John Hill
Hill, 1st Baronet (1705–1783)
- Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet (1733–1808)
- Sir John Hill, 3rd Baronet (1740–1824)
- Sir Rowland Hill, 4th Baronet (1800–1875) (succeeded as 2nd Viscount Hill in 1842)
Baron Hill, First Creation (1814).
- Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill (1772–1842)
Viscount Hill (1842) and Baron Hill, Second Creation (1816).
- Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772–1842)
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