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Hill, Viscount (UK, 1842)

Creation: let. pat. 1842

Family name: Hill later Clegg-Hill

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Ermine a Fess Sable charged with a Castle triple towered Argent (Hill);  2nd and 3rd, Per pale Sable and Azure a Cross Crosslet crossed between two Acorns in bend dexter and as many Fleur-de-lis in bend sinister Argent (Clegg)

Crests:

1st:  a Tower Argent issuant from the battlements a Wreath of Laurel all proper (Hill);  2nd:  in front of two Branches of Oak in saltire fructed proper a Cross Crosslet crossed Or (Clegg)

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Lion Argent murally crowned Or and gorged with a Wreath of Oak fructed proper;  Sinister:  a Horse Argent bridled and saddled and gorged with a Mural Crown Gules

Motto:

Advancez (Forward)

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Rowland [Hill], 1st Baron Hill later 1st Viscount Hill, GCB GCH PC

2nd son of Sir John Hill, 3rd Bt., of Hawkestone, co. Shropshire, by his wife Mary Chambré, dau. and cohrss. of John Chambré, of Petton, co. Salop

born

11 Aug 1772

died

10 Dec 1842 (bur. in Hadnal Church ,co. Shropshire)

created

17 May 1814 Baron Hill, of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in the County of Shropshire

16 Jan 1816 Baron Hill, of Almaraz and of Hardwicke in the County of Shropshire, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to those of his elder brother, the late Col John Hill

22 Sep 1842 Viscount Hill, of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in the County of Shropshire, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his nephew, Sir Rowland Hill, 4th Bt.

suc. by

nephew

note

entered the Army 1790; Lt Col 1794; Col 1800; distinguished himself at the Battle of Aboukir Bay 1801; Maj Gen 1805; Col, 3rd Royal Garrison Battalion 1809; in command at the Battle of Talavera 1809; Col, 94th Foot 1809-15; KB 1812; distinguished himself at the storming of Almaraz 1812; Lieut Gen 1812; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Shrewsbury 1812-14; Governor of Blackness 1812-14, of Hull 1814-30 and of Plymouth 1830-42; GCB 1815; held commands at the Battles of Vittoria, Nivelle and Bayonne 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo 1815; Col, 72nd Foot 1815-17; in command of the 2nd Corps of the British Army in France and the Netherlands 1815-18; GCH 1816; Col, 53rd Foot 1817-30; General 1825; Privy Councillor 1828; Commander-in-Chief 1828-42;  Col, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) 1830-42; on his death the 1814 Barony of Hill became extinct

Rowland [Hill], 2nd Viscount Hill

1st son of Col John Hill, of Hawkestone (by his wife Elizabeth Rhodes Cornish, dau. of Philip Cornish, of Exeter, co. Devon, surgeon), 1st son of Sir John Hill, 3rd Bt., of Hawkestone, co. Shtopshire

born

10 May 1800

mar.

21 Jul 1831 Anne Clegg (b. 22 Jan 1815; d. 31 Oct 1891), only child of Joseph Clegg, of Peplow Hall, co. Salop, son of Arthur Clegg, of Irwell, co. Lancaster

children

1. Hon Rowland Clegg Hill later Clegg-Hill, later 3rd Viscount Hill

2. Maj Hon Geoffrey Richard Clegg JP DL (b. 14 Apr 1837; dsp. 4 May 1891), mar. 9 Dec 1880 Frances Jessie de Winton (widow of Walter de Winton, of Maesllwch Castle, co. Radnor; d. 20 Oct 1918), 2nd dau. of Rev Hon Arthur Chetwynd-Talbot, Rector of Eaton and Ingestre, co. Stafford (by his first wife Harriet Hervey-Aston, dau. of Henry Charles Hervey-Aston, of Aston Hall, co. Chester), 3rd son of Charles [Chetwynd-Talbot], 2nd Earl Talbot

died

3 Jan 1875

suc. by

son

note

Cornet, Royal Regiment of Horse Guards 1820-24; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Shropshire 1821-32, and for North Shropshire 1832-42; suc. his grandfather 21 May 1824 as 4th Baronet; Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire 1845-75

Rowland Clegg [Hill later Clegg-Hill], 3rd Viscount Hill

born

5 Dec 1833

mar. (1)

3 May 1855 Mary Madax, his mother's still-room maid (b. 3 Aug 1829; d. 7 Jan 1874; bur. at Broadwater, co. Sussex), dau. of William Madax, of Gosport, co. Hampshire

children by first marriage

1. Hon Rowland Richard Clegg-Hill, later 4th Viscount Hill

2. Hon Francis William Clegg-Hill, later 5th Viscount Hill

mar. (2)

29 Apr 1875 Hon Isabella Elizabeth Wyn (b. 10 Jun 1844; d. 29 Jul 1898), 5th dau. of Spencer Bulkeley [Wynn], 3rd Baron Newborough, by his wife Frances Maria de Winton, 1st dau. of Rev Walter Wilkins later de Winton, of Hay Castle, co. Brecon

children by second wife

3. Hon Charles Rowland Clegg-Hill, later 6th Viscount Hill

4. Lt Col Hon Arthur Reginald Clegg-Hill DSO (b. 15 Jun 1877; k. in action spm. 18 Sep 1918), mar. 4 Jul 1905 Evelyn Hilda Sinclair Bell, dau. of Rev William Charles Bell, Vicar of Northmoor, co. Oxford, and had issue

5. Capt Hon Gerald Spencer Clegg-Hill JP (b. 4 Mar 1879; d. 4 Apr 1930), mar. 3 Apr 1907 Dorothy Boughey (d. 18 Jan 1978), 3rd dau. of Rev Sir George Boughey, 5th Bt., Rector of Forton, co. Shropshire, by his wife Theodosia Mary Royds, 1st dau. of Rev Charles Smith Royds, Rector of Haughton, co. Stafford, and had issue

1. Hon Evelyn Isabella Clegg-Hill (b. 26 Jun 1880; dsp. 13 Jan 1940), mar. 28 Jun 1905 Justinian John Edwards-Heathcote, of Betton House, Market Drayton (b. 8 Sep 1874; dsp. 1 Mar 1937), 1st son of Capt Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote JP DL MP, of Longton Hall, co. Stafford, by his wife Eleanor Stone, dau. of Spencer Stone, of Collingwood, co. Stafford

died

30 Mar 1895 (bur. at Hodnet, co. Shropshire)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament (Conservative) for North Shropshire 1857-65; took the name of Clegg before that of Hill by Royal Licence 1874; declared bankrupt with debts of nearly £250,000 1894

Rowland Richard [Clegg-Hill], 4th Viscount Hill

born

12 Feb 1863

mar.

Jul 1890 Annie Edith Irwin (d. 10 Jan 1937), dau. of William Irwin, of Tanragoe, co. Sligo

died

s.p. 19 Dec 1923 (bur. at Hodnet, co. Shropshire)

suc. by

brother

note

Capt, 3rd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1884-88; sold Hawkestone Hall and all the Shropshire estates to George Whiteley MP 1907 (created Baron Marchamley, of Hawkestone in the County of Shrewsbury 3 Jul 1908); Member of the London County Council for Greenwich 1910-19; served in World War I 1914-18 with the Hampshire and Royal Berkshire Regiments

Francis William [Clegg-Hill], 5th Viscount Hill

born

4 Nov 1866

mar.

5 Sep 1905 Caroline Anna Corbett (d. 29 Jun 1941), 2nd dau. of Capt Frank Corbett, of Greenfield, Presteigh, co. Radnor

died

s.p. 6 Jul 1924

suc. by

half-brother

Charles Rowland [Clegg-Hill], 6th Viscount Hill, DSO

born

5 May 1876

mar. (1)

6 Jan 1903 Mildred Bulteel (d. 29 Jan 1934), dau. of Thomas Bulteel, of Radford, co. Devon

children by first wife

1. Hon Gerald Rowland Clegg-Hill, later 7th Viscount Hill

2. Maj Hon Frederic Raymond Clegg-Hill (b. 10 Aug 1909; k. in action 13 Apr 1945), mar. 18 Nov 1938 Alice Dorothy Chapman (d. 22 May 2013), dau. of Rear Adml Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman MVO, by his wife Hon Dorothy Beatrix Wynn, sister of William Charles [Wynn], 4th Baron Newborough, and 3rd dau. of Hon Thomas John Wynn (by his wife Sybil Anna Katherine Corbett, 1st dau. of Edwin Corbett, Minister at Athens), 1st son and heir ap. of Spencer Bulkeley [Wynn], 3rd Baron Newborough, and had issue:

1a. Peter David Raymond Charles Clegg-Hill, later 9th Viscount Hill

mar. (2)

18 Jan 1936 Berthe Maria Emilie Schmidt-Immer (d. 31 Dec 1959), dau. of A Schmidt-Immer, of Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine

died

3 May 1957

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in the South African War 1899-1902, and in Word War I 1914-15

Gerald Rowland [Clegg-Hill], 7th Viscount Hill

born

31 Mar 1904

mar. (1)

7 Oct 1930 (div. 1942) Elizabeth Flora Smyth-Osbourne (d. 19 Mar 1967), 2nd dau. of Brig-Gen George Nowell Thomas Smyth-Osbourne CB CMG DSO, of Ash, Iddlesleigh, co. Devon, by his wife Gladys Margueritte Porter, only dau. of Sir Leslie Porter KCSI

children by first wife

1. Hon Anthony Rowland Clegg-Hill, later 8th Viscount Hill

2. Lieut Hon Gerald William Clegg-Hill (b. 26 Aug 1932; dvp. 12 Jul 1962)

mar. (2)

30 Nov 1942 Catherine Mary Lloyd-Williams, only dau. of Dr Rowland Venables Lloyd-Williams, of Malford, co. Denbigh

died

11 May 1974

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in World War II 1939-45 as Major, Royal Welch Fusiliers

Antony Rowland [Clegg-Hill], 8th Viscount Hill

born

19 Mar 1931

mar. (1)

10 Aug 1963 (div. 1976) Juanita Phyllis Pertwee, dau. of John W Pertwee, of White Gates, Cross Oak Lane, Salfords, co. Surrey

mar. (2)

11 May 1989 Elizabeth Harriett Offer, dau. of Ronald Offer, of Salisbury, co. Wiltshire

died

s.p. Feb 2003

suc. by

cousin

Peter David Raymond Charles [Clegg-Hill], 9th Viscount Hill

born

17 Oct 1945

mar.

1973 (div. 2000) Sharon Ruth Deane, adopted dau. of ..... Deane, of Kaikohe, New Zealand

children

1. Hon Paul Andrew Raymond Clegg-Hill (b. 4 May 1979)

2. Hon Michael Charles David Clegg-Hill (b. 1988)

1. Hon Catherine Anne Clegg-Hill (b. 22 Dec 1974)

2. Hon Jennifer Louise Clegg-Hill (b. 9 Jul 1976)

3. Hon Susan Dorothy Clegg-Hill (b. 1980)

4. Hon Rachel Emma Clegg-Hill (b. 1984)

5. Hon Melissa Jane Clegg-Hill (b. 1986)

 Last updated 26 Aug 2013

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Titles:

9th Viscount Hill, of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in the County of Shropshire

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 27 Sep 1842)

9th Baron Hill, of Almaraz and of Hardwicke in the County of Shropshire

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 16 Jan 1816)

11th Baronet, styled "of Hawkestone"

(Great Britain, let. pat. 20 Jan 1726/7)

Address:

The Old Forge, Stone in Oxney, Kent TN30 7JN

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