Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire,, known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, 1766
Wax profile portrait of Lord Hillsborough by 'Lewis'.
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance,
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.
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
…from 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence. Born in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Wills Hill was the son of Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, and Mary, daughter of Anthony Rowe. He was named after General Sir Charles Wills, his godfather. Hill, known retrospectively as Downshire, was returned…
Ledger stone of Mary Rowe, wife of Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, All Saints' Church, Hillesden