Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick

Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick (16 April 1745 – 6 January 1789), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.

The Right Honourable The Lord Berwick
Member of Parliament for Shropshire
In office 1774–1784
Preceded by	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Charles Baldwyn
Succeeded by	John Kynaston Sir Richard Hill
Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
In office 1768–1774
Preceded by	Thomas Hill Robert Clive
Succeeded by	Charlton Leighton Robert Clive
Personal details
Born	Noel Hill (1745-04-16)16 April 1745 St James's, London
Died	6 January 1789(1789-01-06) (aged 43) Marylebone, London
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Anna Vernon ​ ( m. after 1768)
Children	6
Parents	Thomas Hill Susanna Maria Noel
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Early life

Hill was the youngest and only surviving son of Thomas Hill, and his wife Susanna Maria Noel. He was born at his father's London home, 3 Cleveland Court, St James's.[1]

Venn describes his schooling as private and he is known to have been tutored by future preacher John William Fletcher.[2] He entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1763, and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1766. He also studied law, being admitted to the Inner Temple in 1765, without qualifying as barrister.[3]

Career

Hill sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury between 1768 and 1774 and for Shropshire between 1774 and 1784.[4] On 19 May 1784 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Berwick, of Attingham in the County of Shropshire.[5]

He also served as Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1778–79 and of Oswestry in 1779–80.

Personal life

On 17 November 1768, Berwick was married to Anna Vernon at St George's Hanover Square Church in London. Anna was the second daughter of Henry Vernon and the former Lady Henrietta Wentworth (the third daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford). They had three sons and three daughters, including:[6]

• Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick (1770–1832), who married Sophia Dubochet, daughter of Swiss clock-maker John James Dubochet, in 1812.[6]
• William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773–1842), an MP who died unmarried.[6]
• Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick (1774–1848), who married Frances Maria Owen, second daughter of William Mostyn Owen, MP for Montgomeryshire.[6]
• Hon. Henrietta Maria Hill (d. 1831), who married Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury in 1793.[6]
• Hon. Anna Matilda Hill (d. 1837)[6]
• Hon. Amelia Louisa Hill (d. 1850)[6]

Lord Berwick died on 6 January 1789, aged 43, at Portman Square, Marylebone, London, He was buried on 20 January 1789 at Atcham, Shropshire, England.[5] All of his sons succeeded each other in his peerage.[6]

Descendants

Through his daughter Henrietta, he was a grandfather of Lady Maria Carolina Ann Brudenell-Bruce (wife of the Count de Montreville),[7][8] Lady Augusta Frederica Brudenell-Bruce (wife of Frederick Wentworth), George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury, Lady Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce (wife of H.E. Lensgreve Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe), and Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury.[9]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick

Notes Coat of arms of Baron Berwick Coronet A coronet of a Baron Crest 1st: A Stag statant Argent (Hill); 2nd: On the Battlements of a Tower a Hind statant Argent collared and chained Or (Noel); 3rd: A Stag's Head caboshed Sable in the mouth a Sprig of Oak proper (Harwood) Escutcheon Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Ermine on a Fess Sable a Castle with two Towers Argent on a Canton Gules a Martlet Or (Hill); 2nd, Or fretty Gules a Canton Ermine (Noel); 4th, Or a Chevron between three Stags' Heads caboshed Gules (Harwood Supporters Dexter: A Pegasus Argent gorged with a Plain Collar Sable thereon a Martlet Or; Sinister: A Stag Argent attired Or gorged with a Plain Collar Sable thereon a Leopard's Face Gold and a chain reflexed over the back also Gold Motto Qui uti scit ei bona

References

1. Coulton, Barbara (1989). A Shropshire Squire; Noel Hill, First Lord Berwick. Swan Hill Press, Shrewsbury. p. 1. ISBN 1-85310-0927.
2. Coulton, Barbara. A Shropshire Squire. pp. 8–11.
3. "Hill, Noel (HL759N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. "HILL, Noel (1745-89), of Tern, Salop". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
5. The Peerage. Retrieved 2005-2-3.
6. "Berwick, Baron (GB, 1784 - 1953)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
7. Debrett, John (1822). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In Two Volumes. The Fourteenth Edition, Considerably Improved. Vol. I: England. I (14th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 295.
8. "Genealogical Memoir of Lady Augusta Wentworth". The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic; Containing Original Papers, by Distinguished Writers, and Finely Engraved Portraits and Landscapes, from Paintings by Eminent Masters. X: 223. 1837.
9. "Ailesbury, Marquess of (UK, 1821)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Hill Robert Clive	Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1768–1774 With: Robert Clive	Succeeded by Charlton Leighton Robert Clive
Preceded by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Charles Baldwyn	Member of Parliament for Shropshire 1774–1784 With: Charles Baldwyn Sir Richard Hill	Succeeded by John Kynaston Sir Richard Hill
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by New creation	Baron Berwick 1784–1789	Succeeded by Thomas Noel Hill