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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
b.30 May 1718
d.7 Oct 1793
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  1. Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire1718 - 1793
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  1. Lady Charlotte Hill - 1804
  2. Lady Emily Mary Hill1750 - 1835
  3. Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire1753 - 1801
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  • H.  Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire1718 - 1793
  • W.  Mary Stawell - 1780
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Name Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 May 1718
Marriage to Lady Margaretta FitzGerald
Marriage to Mary Stawell
Death[1] 7 Oct 1793
Reference Number? Q4020235?


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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as The 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as The 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.

Best known in North America as the Earl of Hillsborough, he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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