Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828.

The Viscount Hill
Lieutenant-General Rowland Lord Hill, 1819. Canvas by George Dawe
Born	11 August 1772 (1772-08-11) Prees, Shropshire
Died	10 December 1842 (1842-12-11) (aged 70) Hadnall, Shropshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1790–1842
Rank	General
Commands held	II Corps
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal) Knight Commander of the Military William Order (Netherlands)

Arms of Hill: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent

References

• Burke, Edmund (1813). The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1813, Volume 149.
• Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.
• Glover, Michael (2001). The Peninsular War 1807–1814. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-139041-7.
• Hill, Joanna (2011). Wellington's Right Hand: Rowland, Viscount Hill. The History Press Limited. ISBN 978-0752459172.
• Oman, Charles (1993). Wellington's Army, 1809–1814. London: Greenhill. ISBN 0-947898-41-7.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hill, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 466–467.

Other websites

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Hill

Military offices
Preceded by The Lord Forbes	Colonel of the 3rd Garrison Battalion 1809	Succeeded by Baldwin Leighton
Preceded by Francis Dundas	Colonel of the 94th Regiment of Foot 1809–1815	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Sir James Henry Craig	Governor of Blackness Castle 1812–1814	Succeeded by The Earl of Lindsey
Preceded by The Duke of Richmond	Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull 1814–1830	Succeeded by The Earl Cathcart
Preceded by James Stuart	Colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot 1815–1817	Succeeded by Sir George Murray
Preceded by Sir John Abercromby	Colonel of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 1817–1830	Succeeded by Lord FitzRoy Somerset
Preceded by The Duke of Wellington	Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1828–1842	Succeeded by The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by The Duke of Cumberland	Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) 1830–1842	Succeeded by The Marquess of Anglesey
Preceded by The Earl Harcourt	Governor of Plymouth 1830–1842	Office abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present)
Preceded by William Hill Henry Grey Bennet	Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1812–1814 With: Henry Grey Bennet	Succeeded by Richard Lyster Henry Grey Bennet
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Viscount Hill 1842	Succeeded by Rowland Hill
	Baron Hill 1814–1842	Extinct
	Baron Hill 1816–1842	Succeeded by Rowland Hill