| LC control no. | no 90023655 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793 |
| Variant(s) | Downshire, Wills Hill, 1st marquis of, 1718-1793 Hill, Wills, Marquis of Downshire, 1718-1793 Hillsborough, Wills Hill, Earl of, 1718-1793 Hillsborough, Earl of, 1718-1793 Harwich, Baron, 1718-1793 |
| Associated country | England Ireland |
| Birth date | 17180530 |
| Death date | 17931007 |
| Place of birth | Fairford (England) |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Parliament Great Britain. Board of Trade Great Britain. Colonial Office |
| Profession or occupation | Great Britain-- Officials and employees |
| Found in | Canning, G. A letter to the Right Honourable Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, 1768. His A proposal for uniting the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, 1751 (name not given) Halkett & Laing (Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire) Concise DNB (Hill, Wills, first Marquis of Downshire, 1718-1793; succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough, Ireland, 1742; created Irish Earl, 1751; created Irish Marquis, 1789) Burke's peerage, 1970 (cf. Downshire; Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire; b. 5/30/1718; d. 10/7/1793; created Marquess of Downshire 8/20/1789) LC database, Sept. 13, 2007 (hdg.: Downshire, Wills Hill, 1st marquis of, 1718-1793) Copies of all the ordinances, made, passed, and published in the Province of Quebec, from the tenth day of August 1764, being the day civil government was established in the said Province, down to the fourteenth day of September 1768, 1768: letter of transmittal (Earl of Hillsborough) Wikipedia, viewed February 24, 2014 (Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC (30 May 1718-7 October 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era. Best known in the United States as the Earl of Hillsborough, sat in the British House of Commons; between 1763 and 1765, he was President of the Board of Trade and Plantations; he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768 to 1772; Born at Fairford, Gloucestershire; In 1756 he was created Baron Harwich, of Harwich in the County of Essex) |
| Associated language | eng |
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