Richard Noel-Hill, 4th

Baron Berwick Baron Berwick, of Attingham Park in the County of Shropshire, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1784 for Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick, Noel Hill, who had earlier represented Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency), S ...

of Attingham (7 November 1774 – 28 September 1848), was born in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,

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, and baptised there on 11 November. He was the son of Noel Hill of Attingham, who was created

in 1784, and Anna Vernon. He married Frances Maria Mostyn-Owen, daughter of

William Mostyn Owen William Mostyn Owen ( 1742–11 March 1795), born William Mostyn, was a British land-owner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1795. Early life William Mostyn was born 1742, the eldest son of William Mostyn of Bryngw ...

and Rebecca Dod, on 16 January 1800 at St. Chad's,

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. Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick of Attingham, was baptised with the name of Richard Hill. He was educated in 1787 at

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and graduated from

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, in 1795 with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was ordained deacon (1797) and then priest in the

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in 1798. He was Rector from 1799 of both

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(to 1845), and of Thornton-in-the-Moors,

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(to 1846). He was Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1824. On 19 March 1824, his name was legally changed to Richard Noel-Hill by Royal Licence. He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Berwick of Attingham on 4 August 1842. In 1847 he served as treasurer of the Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury. He died on 28 September 1848, aged 73, at Attingham, and was buried at the parish church of

Atcham Atcham is a village, ecclesiastical parish and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies on the B4380 (once the A5 road (Great Britain), A5), 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury. The River Severn flows round the villag ...

, Shropshire, on 6 October.

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1774 births 1848 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Mayors of places in Shropshire 4 People educated at Rugby School {{GB-baron-stub