URI(s)
Variants
- Downshire, Wills Hill, 1st marquis of, 1718-1793
- Hill, Wills, Marquis of Downshire, 1718-1793
- Hillsborough, Wills Hill, Earl of, 1718-1793
- Hillsborough, Earl of, 1718-1793
- Harwich, Baron, 1718-1793
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1718-05-30
Death Date
- 1793-10-07
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Great Britain. Parliament
- Organization: Great Britain. Board of Trade
- Organization: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Birth Place
- Fairford (England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
(lcsh) Great Britain-- Officials and employees
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Earlier Established Forms
- Downshire, Wills Hill, 1st marquis of, 1718-1793
Sources
- found: Canning, G. A letter to the Right Honourable Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, 1768.
- found: His A proposal for uniting the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, 1751(name not given)
- found: Halkett & Laing(Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire)
- found: Concise DNB(Hill, Wills, first Marquis of Downshire, 1718-1793; succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough, Ireland, 1742; created Irish Earl, 1751; created Irish Marquis, 1789)
- found: Burke's peerage, 1970(cf. Downshire; Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire; b. 5/30/1718; d. 10/7/1793; created Marquess of Downshire 8/20/1789)
- found: LC database, Sept. 13, 2007(hdg.: Downshire, Wills Hill, 1st marquis of, 1718-1793)
- found: Copies of all the ordinances, made, passed, and published in the Province of Quebec, from the tenth day of August 1764, being the day civil government was established in the said Province, down to the fourteenth day of September 1768, 1768:letter of transmittal (Earl of Hillsborough)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed February 24, 2014(Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC (30 May 1718-7 October 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era. Best known in the United States as the Earl of Hillsborough, sat in the British House of Commons; between 1763 and 1765, he was President of the Board of Trade and Plantations; he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768 to 1772; Born at Fairford, Gloucestershire; In 1756 he was created Baron Harwich, of Harwich in the County of Essex)
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Change Notes
- 1990-11-02: new
- 2014-02-26: revised
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