Michael Hill (7 August 1672 – 1699) was a politician in England and Ireland.

Biography

He was the son of William Hill, of Hillsborough by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Archbishop Michael Boyle.His father later married Mary, daughter of

Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon (1618 – 3 January 1670), also known as Colonel Mark Trevor, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and peer. During the English Civil War and the Interregnum he switched sides several times between the Royalist and Parl ...

. Michael Hill was Member of Parliament for

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in the

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from 1692 to 1695, and for Hillsborough in the

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from 1695 to 1699. He also served as Governor and

Custos Rotulorum of County Down The Custos Rotulorum of Londonderry and Down was the highest civil officer in counties Londonderry and Down. Incumbents Londonderry * 1663–1665 John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene * 1666–1695 John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene ...

and appointed to the

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in 1694.

Family

In 1690, he married Anne, daughter of Sir John Trevor; they had two sons and one daughter. His eldest son and heir

Trevor Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish langu ...

was made Viscount Hillsborough. Through his second son,

Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon ( 1694 – 30 January 1771), was an Irish politician. Born Arthur Hill, he adopted the surname Hill-Trevor in 1759. He was the second son of Michael Hill of Hillsborough, M.P. and Privy Councillor, and ...

, he is the great-grandfather of

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during t ...

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References

*. 1672 births 1699 deaths Politicians from County Down Irish MPs 1695–1699 Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Privy Council of Ireland

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English MPs 1690–1695 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies People from Hillsborough, County Down {{1690-England-MP-stub