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Rowland Hill, I visconte Hill ( Hawkstone, 11 agosto 1772 – Hardwicke Grange, 10 dicembre 1842 ), è stato un generale e nobile britannico attivo durante le guerre napoleoniche . Nel 1828 divenne comandante in capo dell'esercito britannico. Indice. 1 Gioventù. 2 Guerra d'indipendenza spagnola. 3 Waterloo e termine della carriera. 4 Onorificenze.
General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer and English aristocrat who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander.
Rowland Hill. Disambiguazione – Se stai cercando il generale dell'esercito britannico, vedi Rowland Hill, I visconte Hill. Rowland Hill. Rowland Hill. Sir Rowland Hill ( Kidderminster, 3 dicembre 1795 – Hampstead, 27 agosto 1879) è stato un filatelista e funzionario britannico .
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (born August 11, 1772, Hawkstone, Shropshire, England—died December 10, 1842, Hardwicke Grange, Shropshire) was a British general and one of the Duke of Wellington’s chief lieutenants in the Peninsular (Spanish) campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. by Thomas Heaphy. watercolour and pencil, 1813-1814. NPG 1914 (7) Find out more > Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card.
Education. Westminster School, Shrewsbury School, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Occupation (s) Parliamentarian, Methodist. Parent (s) Sir Rowland Hill and Jane Broughton. Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet of Hawkstone (6 June 1732 – 28 August 1808), was a prominent religious revivalist and Tory Member of Parliament for Shropshire 1780–1806.
16 set 2010 · Rowland Hill, by Mary Pearson. © Royal Mail Group PLC 2003. All rights reserved. During a recent research trip to London, I visited the National Portrait Gallery, hoping to view John Alfred Vintner’s 1879 official portrait of Rowland Hill (1795-1879), founder of the Penny Post and inventor of the postage stamp, the Penny Black.
