Lord Arthur Hill | |
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 "Orangeman". Caricature of Lord Arthur Hill bySpy published inVanity Fair in 1886. | |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Kensington |
| Succeeded by | Edward Marjoribanks |
| In office 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Edward Marjoribanks |
| Succeeded by | George Leveson-Gower |
| In office 10 July 1895 – 19 October 1898 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | George Leveson-Gower |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Valentia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1846 |
| Died | 13 January 1931 (1931-01-14) (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Annie Cookes (d. 1874) (2) Annie Harrison (d. 1944) |
ColonelLord Arthur William HillPC,DL,JP (28 July 1846 – 13 January 1931), was anAnglo-Irish soldier andConservative politician. He served three times asComptroller of the Household between 1885 and 1898 in the Conservative administrations headed byLord Salisbury.
Hill was a younger son ofArthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire, by his wife the Honourable Caroline Frances Stapleton-Cotton, daughter ofField MarshalStapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere.Arthur Hill, 5th Marquess of Downshire, was his elder brother.[1]
Hill served as a lieutenant in the2nd Life Guards. He was later alieutenant-colonel in the part-time2nd Middlesex Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers), and was appointed anhonorary colonel of the 5th (Militia) Battalion of theRoyal Irish Rifles on 5 April 1902.[2][1]
Hill sat asMember of Parliament forDown and subsequently forWest Down from 1880 (succeeding his uncleLord Edwin Hill-Trevor) until 1898, when he resigned from Parliament in June by becomingSteward of the Manor of Northstead.[1][3] He served underLord Salisbury asComptroller of the Household from 1885[4] to 1886,[5] from 1886[6] to 1892[7] and from 1895[8] to 1898.[9] In 1885 he was sworn of thePrivy Council.[10] He again held the Down West seat briefly from1907 to1908.[1][3] Apart from his political career he was also aDeputy Lieutenant ofCounty Down and aJustice of the Peace for County Down andBerkshire.[1]
Hill was twice married. He married firstly Annie Nisida Denham Cookes, daughter ofLieutenant-Colonel George Denham Cookes, in 1873. They had one son,Arthur Hill, who succeeded his father as MP for West Down in 1898. Lady Arthur Hill died in January 1874, shortly after the birth of her only child. Hill married as his second wifeAnnie Harrison, daughter ofJames Fortescue Harrison, MP for Kilmarnock, in 1877. They had one daughter. Hill died in January 1931, aged 84. Lady Arthur Hill died in February 1944.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forDown 1880 –1885 With:Viscount Castlereagh 1880–1884 Richard Ker 1884–1885 | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forWest Down 1885 – 1898 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forWest Down 1907–1908 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1885–1886 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1886–1892 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1895–1898 | Succeeded by |
