Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1715 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.
Ledger stone of Mary Rowe, wife of Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, All Saints' Church, Hillesden
Lord Lieutenant of Down
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This is a list of lords lieutenants of County Down.
Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
…unseated on petition on 13 December 1722. He was defeated at a by-election at Appleby in 1723, and did not stand for Parliament again. He was appointed Governor of County Down in 1729. Hill had charm but a poor reputation as a wanton and profligate. He tried to recuperate his debts by gambling on horses, and was one of a party…
Monument to Lord Dufferin, one-time Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India, in the grounds of Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland