Background
The sixth son of Sir John Hill Baronet And Mary, co-heir and daughter of John Chambré of Petton, Shropshire, he was born on 6 December 1781 at Hawkstone Hall near Prees Shropshire.
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Career
He joined the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) as a cornet on 22 August 1805 and was promoted to lieutenant on 6 March 1806. Promotion to captain followed on 4 April 1811. To major on 19 December 1811.
To lieutenant-colonel on 30 December 1813.
To colonel on 21 June 1827 and to major-general on 10 January 1837. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo where he was wounded when a sword was thrust through his thigh, pinioning him to the ground.
In India, he commanded the Mysore Division of the Madras Army under the Marquess of Tweeddale from 24 November 1841. Hill died at the falls of Guersoppa in the Indian state of Karnataka on 20 January 1845 and was buried at Honowur on the 22 January.
There is a commemorative tablet dedicated to Hill in Street Chad"s Church, Prees.
On 26 June 1841 Hill married Harriet Emma Charlotte, only daughter of sportsman and eccentric John Mytton (1796–1834).
