Michael Hill (1672–1699)

Michael Hill (7 August 1672 – 1699) was a politician in England and Ireland.

Biography

He was the son of William Hill, of Hillsborough by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Archbishop Michael Boyle.[1]

Michael Hill was Member of Parliament for Saltash in the English House of Commons from 1692 to 1695, and for Hillsborough in the Irish House of Commons from 1695 to 1699. He also served as Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Down and appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1694.

Family

In 1690 he married Anne, daughter of Sir John Trevor; they had two sons and one daughter. His eldest son and heir Trevor was made Viscount Hillsborough. Through his second son, Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon, he is great-grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

Notes
  1. His father later married Mary, daughter of Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon.
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References
  • Handley, Stuart (2002), "Hill, Michael (1672-99), of Hillsborough, co. Downe", in Hayton, D.; Cruickshanks, E.; Handley, S. (eds.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, Boydell and Brewer, retrieved 1 April 2012.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir John Carew
Narcissus Luttrell		 Member of Parliament for Saltash
1692–1695
With: Narcissus Luttrell		 Succeeded by
Francis Buller
Walter Moyle
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir John Magill
William Shaw		 Member of Parliament for Hillsborough
1695–1699
With: William Shaw		 Succeeded by
Thomas Keightley
Samuel Waring


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