Sir Roger Hill (19 June 1642 – 29 December 1729) of

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, Buckinghamshire was an English landowner, courtier and Whig politician who sat in the

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and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1722. Denham Place, Buckinghamshire - Google Art Project

Hill was the eldest surviving son of Roger Hill of

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, Somerset and his second wife Abigail Gurdon, daughter of Brampton Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk. He was admitted at

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on 8 June 1658 and admitted at the

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in 1657, where he was called to the bar in 1666. He was planning to follow his father into the legal profession, but his father died in 1667, and he succeeded to the Poundisfoot estate. In 1667, he married Abigail Lockey, the daughter of John Lockey of Holmshill, Hertfordshire, He was knighted in July 1668. He was appointed a

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in 1668, a position he held until 1685. In 1670, he bought the manor of Denham from the Bowyers and rebuilt the house there between 1688 and 1701. He sold Poundisfoot to Simon Welman, a retired physician. He was selected

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for the year 1672 to 1673. Hill was elected to Parliament as the member for Amersham from 1679 to 1681. He was returned as MP for

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at the 1702 English general election, but was unseated on petition. He was returned again at the

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and sat until 1722. Hill died on 29 December 1729, aged 87, and was buried at Denham church. He left two sons and two daughters. Denham Place passed to his eldest son, Roger, who died shortly after his father.

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Geoffrey Veysey A Justice's Diary
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