Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:British_peer gptkb:person politician
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:birthDate	1718-05-30
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Fairford,_Gloucestershire,_England
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Arthur_Hill,_2nd_Marquess_of_Downshire
gptkbp:coatOfArms	Arms of the Marquess of Downshire.svg
gptkbp:createdBaronet	1717 1751 1789
gptkbp:deathDate	1793-10-07
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Hillsborough,_County_Down,_Ireland
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:father	gptkb:Trevor_Hill,_1st_Viscount_Hillsborough
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:House_of_Commons gptkb:House_of_Lords gptkb:Privy_Council_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:monarchServed	gptkb:George_II gptkb:George_III
gptkbp:mother	gptkb:Mary_Rowe
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableFor	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire named after him Hillsborough, New Brunswick named after him Hillsborough, North Carolina named after him role in American colonial policy
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:peer politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency	gptkb:Warwick gptkb:Malmesbury gptkb:Down
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:President_of_the_Board_of_Trade gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies gptkb:Comptroller_of_the_Household gptkb:Postmaster_General gptkb:Treasurer_of_the_Household gptkb:Lord_Lieutenant_of_County_Down
gptkbp:signature	Wills Hill signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Margaret_FitzGerald
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Earl_of_Hillsborough gptkb:Viscount_Hillsborough gptkb:Baron_Hill gptkb:1st_Marquess_of_Downshire gptkb:Baron_Harwich gptkb:Viscount_Kilwarlin gptkb:Earl_of_Hillsborough_(Great_Britain) gptkb:Earl_of_Hillsborough_(Ireland)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Earl_of_Hillsborough
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6