Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
British officer
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH was a British Army officer and English aristocrat who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828. Well-liked... Wikipedia
Born: August 11, 1772, Prees, United Kingdom
Died: December 10, 1842 (age 70 years), Hadnall, United Kingdom
Parents: Sir John Hill, 3rd Baronet and Mary Chambré
Grandparents: John Chambré, Jane Broughton, and Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Baronet
Great-grandparents: Sir Brian Broughton, 3rd Baronet, John Hill, Sarah Stubbs, and more
Education: The King's School Chester
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