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Edward Rowley Hill

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Edward Rowley Hill
Born1795
Died1878
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands1st West India Regiment

General Edward Rowley Hill (1795–1878) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.

Allum Hall, Hill's Country House in Elstree

Military career

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Hill was commissioned into the 43rd Regiment of Foot on 23 February 1813.[1] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1847,[2] he became commanding officer the 1st West India Regiment on 17 August 1855[3] and Deputy Adjutant-General in the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands on 10 September 1858.[4] He lived at Allum Hall in Elstree in the 1850s[5] and became colonel of the 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot in 1868.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 16707". The London Gazette. 27 February 1813. p. 431.
  2. ^ "No. 5606". The Edinburgh Gazette. 27 February 1813. p. 5.
  3. ^ "No. 21764". The London Gazette. 17 August 1855. p. 3131.
  4. ^ "No. 22181". The London Gazette. 10 September 1858. p. 4100.
  5. ^ "History". Allum Hall. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 23355". The London Gazette. 25 February 1868. p. 906.
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
1868–1878
Succeeded by