The Viscount Hill | |
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Born | 11 August 1772 Prees, Shropshire, England |
Died | 10 December 1842 Hadnall, Shropshire, England | (aged 70)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1790–1842 |
Rank | General |
Commands | II Corps |
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General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer, politician and peer who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. Hill became Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1828. Well-liked by the soldiers under his command, he was nicknamed "Daddy Hill".