Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

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Anglo-Irish statesman British politician human nobleman

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman and British cabinet minister who held several high offices, including Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Aliases (1)

Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Irish statesman → British politician → human → nobleman →
associatedWithPlace	Downshire House → Hillsborough, County Down →
birthDate	1718-05-30 →
birthPlace	Fairford, Gloucestershire →
child	Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1793-10-07 →
deathPlace	London →
educatedAt	Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED → Westminster School NERFINISHED →
familyName	Hill →
father	Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough →
givenName	Wills →
heldOfficeUnder	George III →
language	English →
memberOf	House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED → House of Lords → Privy Council of Great Britain →
monarch	George III →
mother	Mary Rowe NERFINISHED →
nobleTitle	Baron Harwich → Earl of Hillsborough → Marquess of Downshire → Viscount Hillsborough →
notableFor	administration of British North American colonies → opposition to concessions to American colonists →
occupation	cabinet minister → statesman →
parliamentaryGroup	Tory →
peerage	Peerage of Great Britain → Peerage of Ireland →
positionHeld	Comptroller of the Household → Postmaster General of Great Britain → President of the Board of Trade → Privy Counsellor → Secretary of State for the Colonies → Treasurer of the Chamber →
religion	Anglicanism →
representedInParliament	County Down → Warwick (constituency) → Wendover (constituency) →
signature	Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire signature →
spouse	Margaret FitzGerald →
titleCreated	Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland →
titleCreationDate	1789 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hillsborough County, Florida ("Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough") → Hillsborough County, New Hampshire →	namedAfter
Hillsborough, North Carolina ("Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough") →	namedFor