The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

(From the Shrewsbury News of Saturday.)
This melancholy event, which has been anticipated
some time, we regret to state, took place this morning.
His Lordship expired at twenty minutes before nine
o'clock, at his seat, Hard wicke Grange, near this
town. For some weeks past his Lordship has been
confined to his room, and his health has been gradually
declining. His relatives and friends have been unre-
mitting in their attendance upon him, and his last
moments were cheered by the presence of those who
were neatest and dearest to him. The following is a
brief narrative of his Lordship's eventful career :
His Lordship was born August 11, 1772, and was
second son to the late Sir John Hill, Bart., of Hawk-
stone, who married Mary, one- of the daughters and
co-heiress of John Chamore, Esq., of Petton, in this
county, by which lady he had sixteen children, twelve
of whom survived their mother. Lord Hill entered
the army in the 16th year of his age. His first com-
mission was an ensigncy in the 38th regiment; and
having obtained leave of absence, with the view of
improving his military knowledge, he was placed at
an academy at Strasburg, where he remained one
year, and then accompanied his elder brother, and his
uncle, the late Sir Richard Hill, in a tour through
Germany, France, and Holland.
Lord Hill commenced his military duty at Edin-
burgh,
where he had the advantage of the best
society, and received fr m many of the nobility
and first families partictiFir notice. His removal
from Scotland took place in consequence of an offer
he received of a lieutenantcy in Captain Broughton's
(afterwards Lieut.-General Sir John Broughton) in-
dependent company, on is raising the usual quota of
men ' • this he soon after accomplished, and then, re-
moved as Lieutenant to the 27th. His friends being
anxious for his early promotion, obtained permission
for him to raise an independent company, which gave
him the rank of Captain in the army in the year 1792.
In the interval of his being attached to any particular
corps, he accompanied his friend, Francis Drake,
Esq., who went out as Minister on a diplomatic
mission to Germany, from whence Captain Hill,
through the recommendation of his friend, pro-
ceeded to Toulon, and was employed as Aide-
de-Camp to the then successful Generals com-
manding there—namely, Lord Mulgrave, General
O'Hara, and Sir David Dundas. Captain Hill had
not at that time attained his 21st year; but had the
honour of receiving from each of his commanders
decisive proofs of their approbation. He was slightly
wounded in his right hand at the time General
O'Hara was taken prisoner, and narrowly escaped
with his life ; it being undetermined for some minutes
between himself and a brother aide-de-camp, Captain
Snow, who should ascend a tree, for the purpose of
making observations respecting the enemy, the latter
went up, and received a mortal wound, whilst Captain
Hill, standing immediately beneath, was preserved
unhurt. He was deputed by Sir David Dundas to
be the bearer of the dispatches to England relating
to the evacuation of Toulon by the British. His
next appointment was to a company of the 53d,
with which regiment he was on duty in Scotland
and Ireland. His conduct at Toulon recommended
him to the notice and friendship of Lord Lynedoch,
who made him the offer of purchasing a majority
in the 90th; this step was gladly acceded to by
himself and friends, and was soon followed by pro-
motion to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the same
regiment. He went through arduous duties
with the 90th at Gibraltar and other places
and had his full share in the memorable Egyptian
campaign. In the action of the 13th of March, 1811,
Major-General Craddock's brigade formed the front
with the 90th Regiment, commanded by Lord Hill,
then Lieutenant-Colonel, as its advanced guard. Sir
H. Wilson states the conduct of the 90th in this affair
to have been most honourable; and that nothing could
exceed the intrepidity and firmness with which they
charged the enemy. On this occasion Col. Hill re-
ceived a wound on the right temple from a musket
ball, the force of which was providentially averted by
a strong brass binding in front of his helmet ; the
blow was, however, severe, and he was removed from
the field of battle in a state of insensibility. When
his situation was made known to Lord Keith he im-
mediately sent for him on board the Foudroyant.
The kindness and accommodation the invalid received
from his noble friend no doubt greatly accelerated his
recovery; and enabled him to rejoin his regiment and
continue on duty the whole of
the campaign. The
Capitan Pacha frequently saw Col. Hill whilst he was
on board the Foudroyant, and with many good wishes
and expressions for his welfare presented him with a
valuable gold box, sword, and shawl. Soon after the re-
turn of the troops from Egypt the 90th was ordered to
proceed through Scotland to Ireland, and Col. Hill conti-
nued unremittingly to perform his regimental duty till he
was appointed Brigadier-General on the Irish staff. His
principal stations in that country were Cork, Galway,
and Fermoy ; the inhabitants of which places mani-
fested their approbation of his conduct by public ad-
dresses inserted in the Dublin papers. On leaving
Cork he was presented with the freedom of that city.
Early in the summer of 1808 he embarked with his
brigade at Cove to join the army in England des-
tined to act in the Peninsula, and most of our readers
are in possession of the authentic facts connected with
his Lordship during the warfare.
During the ,whole of Sir John Moore's advance
and retreat, General Hill
continued indefatigable in
his exertions ; and he was established with a corps of
reserve, guarding the embarkation of the army at Co-
runna. On General Hill's arrival in England, in the
beginning of the year 1809, he found himself ap-
pointed Colonel of the third garrison battalion, and
about the same period he became possessed of Hard-
wicke Grange, an estate left to him by his uncle, the
late Sir Richard Hill, Bart.
The General had not been many days in London
before he was directed by his Royal Highness the
Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief, to hold himself
in readiness for further service; and as soon as his
instructions were completed, he proceeded through
England (passing five days with his friends in this
county) to take command of the troops ordered from
Ireland for the second expedition to the Peninsula.
In the year 1811 Lieutenant-General Hill was
compelled to come to England on account of a severe
illness brought on by exertion and fatigue in his pro-
fession during the active service of the Peninsular
contest. He soon returned. At the battle of Tala-
vera General Hill was slightly wounded on the head.
After which, the activity which enabled him to sur-
priseof the enemy under General
Molino, is indicative, of his
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high attainments as a military man. On this latter
enterprise he captured the Prince d'Aremberg, who
was sent prisoner to Oswestry,- -and afterwards to
Bridgnorth, both in this county.
When the thanks of both Houses of Parliament
at Talavera, the then Chancellor of the Exche-
ciwueer voted
reir to
ptehree
eavrami army, in consequence of the vic-
tory
observed in the House of
Commons, "that the manner in which General Hill
had repulsed the enemy at the
point of the, bayonet
was fresh in every one's memory.int him Colonel of
" His Majesty on
this occasion was pleased to appoint
the 95th. And after the battle of Arroyo de Molino,
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in his speech
at the opening of Parliament, I 812, noticed in the fol-
lowing terms General Hill's success :
" The successful and brilliant enterprise, which
terminated in the surprise, in Spanish Estramadura,
of a French corps by a detachment of the allied army
under Lieutenant-General Hill, is highly creditable
to that distinguished officer, and the troops under
his command, and has contributed materially to ob-
struct Peninsula."
In 1812 he was elected Member for the borough of
the designs of the enemy in that part of the
Shrewsbury.
In May, 1814, General Hill was created Baron of
, and an annuity of
per annum was voted by Parliament to his
Lordship, and his heirs male, with remainder to his
signed at Paris in May, 1814,
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hisPLeaocredshhaivpinrg been
ned to the bosom of his venerable
father and his friends, at Hawkstoue, in the following
th. On his road thither he was received with the
utmost enthusiasm in every town through which he
passeHis Lordship now hoped to pass the remainder of
mond.
he was immediately appointed to take command of an
lelxispeddayitsionupon among his friends ; but
estate and
Happily,
how-
ever, that Power terminated with
/negotiations with
the signature of peace, and the prospect of tranquillity
againsthis
the world ; but, al I
again opened to as . the hopes of
repose were blasted by the return of Bonaparte from
Elba, on the 4th of March, 1815, and his re-ascend-
ancy in France. Immediately after this latter event
Lord Hill was ordered to take a command in the
Netherlands, and was present at the ever-memorable
battle of Waterloo. His Lcrdship on that occasion
had a horse shot under him ; and his two brothers
were wounded.
The most significant as
.well as the most graphic
epitome of Lord Hill's bullmit career is perhaps,