Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick (16 April 1745 – 6 January 1789), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1768 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.

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,

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. Venn describes his schooling as private and he is known to have been tutored by future preacher

John William Fletcher John William Fletcher (born Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère; 12 September 1729 – 14 August 1785) was a Swiss-born English divine and Methodist leader. Of French Huguenot stock, he was born in Nyon in Vaud, Switzerland. Fletcher emigrated to E ...

. 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

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in 1765, without qualifying as barrister.

Career

Hill sat as Whig

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for Shrewsbury between

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and 1774 and for

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between 1774 and 1784. On 19 May 1784 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Berwick, of Attingham in the County of Shropshire. The Peerage. Retrieved 2005-2-3.
/ref> 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

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). They had three sons and three daughters, including: *

Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick of Attingham, FSA (21 October 1770 – 3 November 1832), was a British peer and art patron. The first son of Noel Hill, who was created Baron Berwick in 1784, and his wife Anna Vernon, he was educated a ...

(1770–1832), who married

Sophia Dubochet Sophia Dubochet (29 June 1794 – 29 August 1875), also known as "Sophia Wilson", was an English courtesan, who became the wife of Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick. Early life Sophia was the daughter of John James Dubochet, a Swiss clockma ...

, daughter of Swiss clock-maker John James Dubochet, in 1812. *

William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, FSA (21 October 1773 – 4 August 1842) was a British peer, politician and diplomatist.Cokayne et al., ''The Complete Peerage'', volume II, p. 168. Born William Hill, he was the second son of Noel Hi ...

(1773–1842), an MP who died unmarried. * Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick (1774–1848), who married Frances Maria Owen, second daughter of William Mostyn Owen, MP for

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. * Hon. Henrietta Maria Hill (d. 1831), who married

Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (14 February 1773 – 4 January 1856), styled The Honourable Charles Brudenell-Bruce from birth until 1776, Lord Bruce from 1776 to 1814 and The Earl of Ailesbury from 1814 to 1821, was a Britis ...

in 1793. * Hon. Anna Matilda Hill (d. 1837) * Hon. Amelia Louisa Hill (d. 1850) Lord Berwick died on 6 January 1789, aged 43, at Portman Square,

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, He was buried on 20 January 1789 at

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, England. All of his sons succeeded each other in his peerage.

Descendants

Through his daughter Henrietta, he was a grandfather of Lady Maria Carolina Ann Brudenell-Bruce (wife of the Count de Montreville), Lady Augusta Frederica Brudenell-Bruce (wife of Frederick Wentworth),

George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (20 November 1804 – 6 January 1878), styled Lord Bruce between 1814 and 1821 and Earl Bruce between 1821 and 1856, was a British peer, Liberal politician and courtier. Back ...

, Lady Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce (wife of H.E.

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Christian

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), and Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury.

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References

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