| LC control no. | n 87817892 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hills, John Waller, 1867-1938 |
| Variant(s) | Hills, J. W. (John Waller), 1867-1938 Hills, John (John Waller), 1867-1938 Hills, John W. (John Waller), 1867-1938 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1867 |
| Death date | 1938-12-24 |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Politics and government Fly fishing |
| Affiliation | Eton College Balliol College (University of Oxford) |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Authors |
| Found in | nuc86-46605: His A summer on the Test, 1983 (hdg. on VtU rept.: Hills, John Waller, 1867-1938; usage: John Waller Hills) LC data base, 03/23/87 (hdg.: Hills, John Waller, 1867-1938) Archives West (website), viewed Dec. 22, 2023: Jack W. Hills Diaries, 1929, 1935 (Jack "Waller" Hills (1867-1938) was a Member of Parliament, government minister, and husband of Stella Duckworth (1869-1897), half-sister of the British author Virginia Woolf. After Stella's early death, Hills maintained contact with Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa, and other members of her family. He oversaw a trust which provided money for Stella's two half-sisters.) <https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv894316> Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 28, 2023: John Hills (politician) (Major John Waller Hills PC (1867 - 24 December 1938) was a British Liberal Unionist and Conservative politician and author. The second son of Herbert Augustus and Anna Hills of High Head Castle, Cumberland, Hills was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1897 he married Stella Duckworth, step-daughter of Leslie Stephen. Three months into the marriage, Stella was taken ill with peritonitis, and died. Nevertheless, Hills retained a close connection with his wife's family after her death, including her half-sisters Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. During World War I he served as a captain in the 4th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. He was promoted to the rank of Major in October 1915 and Acting Lieutenant-Colonel of the 20th Battalion in July 1916. He was wounded in September 1916, and mentioned in dispatches. He was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for City of Durham from 1906 to 1918 and for the successor Durham City Division from 1918 to 1922, and Conservative member for Ripon from December 1925, following his victory in the by-election. He held ministerial office as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1922 to 1923. In 1923, he was appointed by the government to the board of what would become Imperial Airways. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1929. He was due to be conferred a baronetcy in the 1939 New Year Honours but died before he could receive it. ) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hills_(politician)> Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 28, 2023: John Hills (politician) (Hills was also a notable fly-fishing historian and author, with published works including: A History of Fly Fishing for Trout, 1921. A Summer on the Test, 1930. River Keeper: The Life of William James Lunn, 1934. My Sporting Life, 1936.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hills_(politician)> |
| Associated language | eng |
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