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,
Marquess of Downshire
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Marquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State.
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
…because the Secretaries of State were reorganized. In 1789, he was made Marquess of Downshire in the Irish peerage. Family and legacy Arms of Hill, Marquess of Downshire: Sable, on a fess argent between three leopards passant guardant or spotted of the field as many escallops gules Lord Downshire married firstly Lady…
Monument to Arthur, 4th Marquis of Downshire, Hillsborough, County Down