Family and Education
b. 30 May 1718, 1st surv. s. of Trevor, 1st Visct. Hillsborough [I]. m. (1) 1 Mar. 1748 (with £20,000), Lady Margaret FitzGerald (d. 25 Jan. 1766), da. of Robert, 19th Earl of Kildare [I], sis. of James, 1st Duke of Leinster [I], 2s. 3da.; (2) 11 Oct. 1768, Mary, suo jure Baroness Stawell, da. of Edward, 4th Baron Stawell, wid. of H. B. Legge, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. 5 May 1742; cr. Earl of Hillsborough [I] 3 Oct. 1751; Baron Harwich 17 Nov. 1756; Earl of Hillsborough 28 Aug. 1772; Mq. of Downshire [I] 20 Aug. 1789.
Offices Held
Gov. co. Down 1742 – d.; P.C. [I] 25 Aug. 1746; comptroller of the Household May 1754 – Dec. 1755; P.C. 21 June 1754; treasurer of the chamber Dec. 1755 – Nov. 1756; first ld. of Trade 1763 – 65, Aug. – Dec. 1766; joint postmaster gen. 1766 – Jan. 1768; conjointly sec. of state for the American dept. and first ld. of Trade Jan. 1768 – Aug. 1772; sec. of state for the southern dept. Nov. 1779-Mar. 1782.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: North Aston, Oxon.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
HILL, Hon. Wills (1718-93)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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