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Major. Lord George Augusta Hill (9 December 1801 – 6 April 1879) was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and landowner. Hill was the posthumous son of the 2nd Marquess of Downshire and his wife Mary, Marchioness of Downshire, granddaughter of the 1st Baron Sandys. Lord George was born three months after his father's death by suicide.
- 9 December 1801
- Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt
- 6 April 1879 (aged 77)
- Conway Richard Dobbs
Jan 28, 2021 · By John Joe McGinley. Lord George Augusta Hill the 3 rd was an Irish military officer, politician, landlord and author. He would go on to marry not one but two nieces of Jane Austen and become somewhat of a poster boy for Victorian Anglo-Irish landlordism in Ireland, following the publication of his book ‘Facts from Gweedore’ in 1845.
Hill, Lord George (1801–79), landlord, was born 9 December 1801, fifth son of Arthur Hill (qv) 2nd marquess of Downshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Col. Martin Sandys (1729–68), brother of the baron of Ombersley. He was born three months after his father's suicide. The family was extremely wealthy; at his death his father was the ...
Jun 18, 2014 · "Lord George - Excellent polite, pious hearted, healthy man.." this is how Thomas Carlyle described Lord George Hill whose guest he was in the summer of 1849, both at his house in Rathmelton in ...
Apr 26, 2016 · During the famine, in Gweedore, English landlord Lord George Hill released a pamphlet called ‘Facts from Gweedore’. This was a report on the environmental and social aspects of the area and ...
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Lord George Hill is not a George Washington, his work was a mightier one—his was a grapple with mind, with untutored mind, gathering strength for ages, till it seemed to defy all attempts of reform; and, like the bold cliffs which hung over their wild coast, stood up in their pride and said, " Dash on, we heed you not."
Jan 30, 2024 · The most surprising thing about Lord George Hill (1801-1879) is that we have heard so little about him. In 2011, Sophia Hillan drew attention to him in her marvellous book on the women in his life ...
