Arthur Wills Blundell Trumbull Sandys Roden Hill, 5th Marquess of Downshire (24 December 1844 – 31 March 1874), was an Irish peer, styled Earl of Hillsborough until 1868. He became

Marquess of Downshire Marquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State. Hill had already been created Earl of Hillsborough and Viscount Kilwarlin of County Down ...

in 1868 on the death of his father. He lived at the family seat of

Easthampstead Park Easthampstead Park is a Victorian architecture, Victorian mansion in the civil parish of Bracknell in the English county of Berkshire. It is now a Convention center, conference centre. Location Since the demise of Easthampstead parish, the ho ...

, within 5,000 acres in

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...

, and

Hillsborough Castle Hillsborough Castle is an official British government, government residence in Northern Ireland. It is the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,

, within 115,000 acres in

Hillsborough, County Down Royal Hillsborough (Irish: ''Cromghlinn'', meaning 'Crooked Glen'Patrick McKay, ''A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names'', p. 81. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.), more commonly known simply as ...

." Hillsborough Castle Demesne"
''Occasional Paper no. 1'', Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust (2015). Retrieved November 2017"The double life of Arthur Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire"
Wokinghamremembers, quoting Jim Bell, ''The Wokingham Paper'', 24 April 2015 Arthur Hill was son of

Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire Order of St Patrick, KP (6 August 1812 – 6 August 1868) was an Irish peer, styled Earl of Hillsborough until ...

(1812–1868), known as the 'Big Marquess', and the Hon. Caroline Frances Stapleton Cotton, the eldest daughter of

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Barbados from 1817 to 1820. As a junior officer, ...

. Hill's siblings were Lady Alice Maria Hill (7 November 1842 – 25 February 1928), who married

Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective (11 February 1844 – 15 December 1893), styled Lord Kenlis until 1870, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician. Bective was the son of Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort, by his first wife Amelia (née Th ...

, and Colonel

Lord Arthur William Hill Colonel Lord Arthur William Hill Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, Deputy Lieutenant, DL, Justice of the Peace, JP (28 July 1846 – 13 January 1931), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He se ...

(1846–1931). Hill married Georgiana Elizabeth Balfour (died 12 January 1919), on 25 July 1870, James, Henry, ''The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1876-1878'', p.188, daughter of Colonel John Balfour of Balbirnie (1811–1895) and Lady Georgiana Isabel (Campbell) Balfour (died 3 December 1884). Their only child was Arthur Wills John Wellington Trumbull Blundell Hill who became the 6th Marquess of Downshire. He was a captain in the Royal South Down Regiment of Militia from 1862, a

cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. There is also a soprano cor ...

and lieutenant in the

1st Regiment of Life Guards The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was a Cavalry regiments of the British Army, cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadi ...

from 1866, a cornet in the West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry and Deputy Lieutenant of County Down in 1872, and the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Arthur Hill and his father were instrumental in major tree planting within the park of their Hillsborough Castle.

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