Viscount Hillsborough

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Viscount Hillsborough is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland historically associated with the Hill family, prominent Anglo-Irish aristocrats and political figures.

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Viscount Hillsborough canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house
hereditary title
nobleman
viscountcy
associatedWith Anglo-Irish aristocracy
British politics
County Down
Hill family
Hillsborough Castle
country Kingdom of Ireland
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish
genderRestriction male line
hasFamilyName Hill
hasHeraldicElement coat of arms of the Hill family
hasHigherTitleInFamily Earl of Hillsborough
Marquess of Downshire
hasLanguage English
hasNotableFamilyMember Marquess of Downshire
hasPeerageSystem Peerage of Ireland
hasTitleHolder Wills Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
hereditary true
historicallyHeldBy Protestant Ascendancy
historicalRegion Ireland
inception 18th century
isSubordinateTo Crown of Ireland
jurisdiction Ireland
locatedIn Hillsborough, County Down
namedAfter Hillsborough, County Down
nobilityType Irish peerage title
nobleFamily Hill family
Hill family
nobleTitle Viscount Hillsborough
partOf Peerage of Ireland
politicalInfluenceArea Great Britain
Ireland
rank viscount
region Ulster
socialClass aristocracy
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable
succession male-preference primogeniture
titleHolderFamilySeat Hillsborough Castle
titleStatus extant
titleTradition British nobility
linked to: British aristocracy
usedAsCourtesyTitle heir apparent to the Marquess of Downshire

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Hillsborough nobleTitle Viscount Hillsborough
Wills Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough nobleTitle Viscount Hillsborough
subject linked to: Viscount Hillsborough
Arthur Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire nobleTitle Viscount Hillsborough