Mary Hill, Countess of Hillsborough (''née'' Stawell; 27 January 1726 – 29 July 1780) was an

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peeress, a daughter of Edward Stawell, 4th Baron Stawell. On 11 September 1750, she married

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(a son of the 1st Earl of Dartmouth) and they later had a son,

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(1757–1820). Upon the death of her father in 1755, she inherited her father's estate but not his title, but was later created Baroness Stawell, of Somerton in the

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, in 1760, in her own right.Charles Mosley, ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', 107th edition, vol. 1 (2003), pp. 1037, 1177 Her husband died in 1764 and in 1768 she married the 1st Earl of Hillsborough and became Countess of Hillsborough. Her second husband was created

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after her death.

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1726 births 1780 deaths Stawell, Mary Hill, 1st Baroness British countesses Irish countesses Daughters of barons Hereditary peeresses created by George II

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