1ST See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

MARQUESS OF See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

WILLS See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

HILL See also:

• 1ST MARQUESS OF WILLS HILL DOWNSHIRE (1718-1793)

DOWNSHIRE (1718-1793)  , son of Trevor See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, 1st See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Hillsborough, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Fairford in See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire on the 3oth of May 1718 . He became an See also:

• ENGLISH

English member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1741, and an Irish viscount on his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, thus sitting in both the English and Irish parliaments . In 1751 he was created See also:

• EARL

earl of Hillsborough in the Irish See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage; in 1754 he was made comp-troller of the royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household and an English privy councillor; and in 1756 he became a peer of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron of See also:

• HARWICH

Harwich . For nearly two years he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and plantations under See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville, and after a brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of retirement he filled the same position, and then that of See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, under the earl of See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham . From 1768 to 1772 Hillsborough was secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state for the colonies and also president of the board of trade, becoming an English earl on his retirement; in 1779 he was made secretary of state for the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, and he was created See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• DOWNSHIRE, WILLS HILL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1718-1793)

Downshire seven years after his final retirement in 1782 . Both in and out of 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 he opposed all concessions to the See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonists, but he favoured the project for a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . See also:

• REVERSING

Reversing an earlier See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole says Downshire was " a pompous See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance and want of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment." He died on the 7th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1793 and was succeeded by his son See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur (1753-1801), from whom the See also:

• PRESENT

present marquess is descended .