He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Londonderry City from 1768 to 1795. His mother Hannah was a daughter of John McClintock, who served as Member of Parliament for Enniskillen from 1783 to 1790, then for Belturbet from 1790 to 1798.
Hill was educated in Londonderry and at Trinity College, Dublin.
He then studied at Lincoln"s Inn and was called to the bar in Ireland in 1786. John Beresford (son of the Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone), who was President of the Irish Board of Revenue). He was Governor of Saint Vincent from 1830 to 1833, and then Governor of Trinidad from 1833 until his death in 1839.
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Hill was a member of the Orange Order, serving for time on the committee of the Grand Lodge of Ireland.
He was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Coleraine from 1791 to 1795, and then succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Londonderry City 1798.
In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, he was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for County Londonderry from 1801 to 1802, and for Londonderry City from 1802 to 1830. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1808, and of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1817.
