Major-general Clement Delves Hill (6 December 178120 January 1845) was a

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Officer who fought at the 1815

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and later saw service in

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Career

The sixth son of Sir John Hill Bt. and Mary, co-heir and daughter of John Chambré of Petton, Shropshire, he was born on 6December 1781 at Hawkstone Hall near Prees Shropshire. He joined the

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(Blue) as a

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on 22August 1805 and was promoted to lieutenant on 6March 1806. Promotion to captain followed on 4April 1811; to major on 19December 1811; to lieutenant-colonel on 30December 1813; to colonel on 21June 1827 and to major-general on 10January 1837. After arriving in Portugal he served throughout the

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as '' aide-de-camp'' to his elder brother Lord Hill and was slightly wounded during the campaign. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo where he was wounded when a sword was thrust through his thigh, pinioning him to the ground. In India, he commanded the Mysore Division of the

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under the Marquess of Tweeddale from 24November 1841.

Death

Hill died at the falls of Guersoppa in the Indian state of

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on 20January 1845 aged 63 and was buried at

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on the 22January. There is a colossal monument erected in honour of Colonel Hill in

. The monument is a tall column popularly known as Colonel Hill Pillar. Locals are trying hard to preserve the column and grave in Honavar. There is a commemorative tablet dedicated to Hill in St Chad's Church, Prees.

Family

His brothers Rowland,

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and

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all followed military careers and were present at the Battle of Waterloo. He is not the same Clement Delves Hill who on 26 June 1841 Hill married Harriet Emma Charlotte, only daughter of sportsman and eccentric

John Mytton John "Mad Jack" Mytton (30 September 1796 – 29 March 1834) was a British eccentric and rake of the Regency period who was briefly a Tory Member of Parliament. Early life John Mytton was born on 30 September 1796, the son of John Mytton and ...

(1796–1834). This man was actually Maj.-Gen. Clement Delves Hill's nephew, the youngest son of his brother John Hill and Elizabeth Cornish Rhodes.Dictionary of National Biography

References

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