Arthur Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

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Arthur Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician who held significant estates and influence in both Ireland and Britain.

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instanceOf Anglo-Irish nobleman
British peer
Irish peer
human
politician
birthDate 1753-10-01
birthPlace Dublin
burialPlace Down Cathedral
child Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Ireland
deathDate 1801-09-07
deathPlace Hertford Street, Mayfair, London
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
Magdalen College, Oxford
era 18th century
early 19th century
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Hill
father Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
givenName Arthur
memberOf House of Lords
Irish House of Commons
mother Margaret FitzGerald
nobleRankCreationDate 1789
nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Downshire
Baron Hill of Kilwarlin
Earl of Hillsborough
Marquess of Downshire
Viscount Hillsborough
Viscount Kilwarlin
notableEstate Downshire estates in County Down
English estates in Berkshire
Hillsborough Castle
notableFor influence in Irish and British politics
large landholdings in Ireland and Britain
numberOfChildren 7
politicalAlignment supporter of Protestant Ascendancy
positionHeld Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment of Militia
Custos Rotulorum of County Down
Governor of County Down
Irish Postmaster General
Member of Parliament for County Down
Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
religion Anglicanism
spouse Mary Sandys

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Anne Hill-Trevor, Countess of Mornington relative Arthur Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Arthur Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Downshire
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