Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire and ''

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'' 1st Baroness Sandys (19 February 1764 – 1 August 1836), was a British peeress. She was born Mary Sandys, daughter of Colonel Martin Sandys (fourth son of

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) and his wife Mary Trumbull (only child and heiress of William Trumbull, son of Sir

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). On 29 June 1786, she married Arthur Hill, Viscount Fairford (who succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Downshire in 1793). They had seven children: * Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire (1788–1845) *Lt.-Gen.

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(1792–1860) *Lady Charlotte Hill (1794–1821) *Lady Mary Hill (1796–1830) * Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798–1863) *Lord Arthur Augustus Edwin Hill (1800–1831) *Major Lord George Augusta Hill (1801–1879) The last son, Lord George Hill, was born on 9 December 1801, three months after his father the Marquess of Downshire had died by suicide, on 7 September. Downshire, a vehement opponent of Union with Ireland, had been stripped of his local dignities by the government. The Marchioness became a bitter political opponent to

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. She was the heiress of her uncle,

Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (28 April 1726 – 11 March 1797), was a British politician. He was the eldest son of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, and his wife Letitia, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, Bt. He was educated at New College, ...

, and to the estates of her grandfather, William Trumbull, including

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. On 19 June 1802, she was created Baroness Sandys, with a special remainder to her second, third, fourth and fifth sons respectively, and finally to her eldest son, who had succeeded his father as Marquess of Downshire.

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