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HILL ., See also:ROWLAND HILL, 1ST See also:VISCOUNT (1772-1842), See also:British See also:general, was the second son of (See also:Sir) See also:John Hill, of Hawkstone, See also:Shropshire, and See also:nephew of the Rev. Rowland Hill. (1744-1833), was See also:born at Prees See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall near Hawkstone on the 11th of See also:August 1772. He was gazetted to the 38th See also:regiment in 1790, obtaining permission at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to study in a military 'See also:academy at See also:Strassburg, where he continued after removing into the 53rd regiment with the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant in 1791. In the beginning of 1793 he raised a See also:company, and was promoted to the rank of See also:captain. The same See also:year he acted as assistant secretary to the British See also:minister at See also:Genoa, and served with distinction as a See also:staff officer in the See also:siege of See also:Toulon. Hill took See also:part in many See also:minor expeditions in the following years. In 1800, when only twenty-eight, he was made a See also:brevet See also:colonel, and in 1801 he served with distinction in Sir See also:Ralph See also:Abercromby's expedition to See also:Egypt, and was wounded at the See also:battle of See also:Alexandria. He continued to command his regiment, the 9oth, until 1803, when he became a brigadier-general. During his regimental command he introduced a regimental school and a sergeants' See also:mess. He held various commands as brigadier, and after 1805 as See also:major-general, in See also:Ireland. In 1805 he. commanded a See also:brigade in the abortive See also:Hanover expedition. In 1808 he was appointed to a brigade in the force sent to See also:Portugal, and from Vimeira to See also:Vittoria, in advance or See also:retreat, he proved himself See also:Wellington's ablest and most indefatigable coadjutor. He led a brigade at Vimeira, at See also:Corunna and at See also:Oporto, and a See also:division at Talavera (see See also:PENINSULAR See also:WAR). His capacity for See also:independent command was fully demonstrated in the See also:campaigns of 181o, 1811 and 1812. In 1811 he annihilated a See also:French detachment under See also:Girard at See also:Arroyo-dos-See also:Molinos, and See also:early in 1812, having now attained a.rank of lieutenant-general (See also:January 1812) and become a K.B. (See also:March), he carried by See also:assault the important See also:works of Almaraz on the See also:Tagus. Hill led the right wing of Wellington's See also:army in the See also:Salamanca See also:campaign in 1812 and at the battle of Vittoria in 1813. Later in this year he conducted the investment of Pampeluna and fought with the greatest distinction at the Nivelle and the Nive. In the invasion of See also:France in 1814 his See also:corps was victoriously engaged both at See also:Orthez; and at See also:Toulouse. Hill was one of the general See also:officers rewarded for their services by peerages; his See also:title being at first See also:Baron Hill of Almaraz and Hawkstone, and he received a See also:pension, the thanks of See also:parliament and the freedom of the See also:city of See also:London. For about two years previous to his See also:elevation to the See also:peerage, he had been M.P. for See also:Shrewsbury. In 1815 the See also:news of See also:Napoleon's return from See also:Elba was followed by the See also:assembly of an Anglo-Allied army (see See also:WATERLOO CAMPAIGN) in the See also:Netherlands, and Hill was appointed to one of the two corps commands in this army. At Waterloo he led the famous See also:charge of Sir See also:Frederick See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams's brigade. against the Imperial Guard, and for some time it was thought that he
had fallen in the m@See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
lee. He escaped, however, without a See also:wound, and continued with the army in France until its withdrawal in 1818. Hill lived in retirement for some years at his See also:estate of See also:Hardwicke See also:Grange. He carried the royal See also:standard at the See also:coronation of See also:George IV. and became general in 1825. When Wellington became premier in 1828, he received the See also:appointment of general commanding-in-See also:chief, and on resigning this See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in 1842 he was created a viscount. He died on the loth of See also:December of the same year. See also:Lord Hill was, next to Wellington, the most popular and able soldier of his time in the British service, and was so much beloved by the troops, especially those under his immediate command, that he gained from them the title of " the soldier's friend." He was a G.C.B. and G.C.H., and held the See also:grand crosses of various See also:foreign orders, amongst them the See also:Russian St George anll the See also:Austrian Maria See also:Theresa.
The See also:Life of Lord Hill, G.C.B., by Rev. See also:Edwin See also:Sidney, appeared in 1845.
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