Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772 - 1842) was a soldier who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a subordinate to the Duke of Wellington.

He was a lieutenant general and second-in-command in later stages of the Peninsular War. Nicknamed "Daddy Hill", he was generally well-liked by his soldiers. It was claimed that he used profanity on only two occasions.

At the Battle of Waterloo he commanded one of the two corps. He led the famous charge of Sir Frederick Adam's brigade, towards the end of the battle, against Imperial Guard. For some time it was thought that he had fallen in the melee. He escaped, however, without a wound, and continued with the army in France until its withdrawal in 1818.

On the 27th. of August 1815 the Dutch King William I made him a Commander of the exclusive Military Order of William.

He succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1828.

[edit] See Also

Viscount Hill and Hawkstone Park

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Military Offices
Preceded by The Lord Forbes	Colonel of the 3rd Garrison Battalion 1809	Succeeded by Baldwin Leighton
Preceded by Francis Dundas	Colonel of the 94th Regiment of Foot 1809–1815	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by James Stuart	Colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot 1815–1817	Succeeded by Sir George Murray
Preceded by Sir John Abercromby	Colonel of the 53rd (the Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 1817–1830	Succeeded by Lord FitzRoy Somerset
Preceded by The Duke of Wellington	Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1828–1842	Succeeded by The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by The Duke of Cumberland	Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) 1830–1842	Succeeded by The Marquess of Anglesey
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New Title	Viscount Hill 1842	Succeeded by Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount