Arthur Hill (1601 - 1663)

Born 1601 in Hillsborough, Ulster Ireland

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Died 1663 at about age 62 in Sty Brides, Down, Ireland

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Biography

Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill was born circa 1601, the son of Sir Moyses Hill and Alice MacDonnel. ^[1][2]

He married, firstly, Anne Bolton, daughter of Sir Richard Bolton.

Child:

1. Moyses (who married his cousin).

He married, secondly, Mary Parsons, daughter of Sir William Parsons, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Lany.

Children included:

1. William, the eldest of the 3 sons, succeeded his half-brother Moyses who had died without leaving any sons. Wm. was M.P. for Ballyshannon. He was also married twice, (1) to Eleanor, daughter of Dr. Michael Boyle, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and they had an only son Michael. (2) to Mary, daughter of Sir Marcus Trevor, and they had two sons, William died in 1693 and was succeeded by his eldest son Michael. Since his son JOHN FLED TO SWITZERLAND,there is no more about him in this Irish petigree. He is simply mentioned under "two sons of William & Mary".
2. Conway
3. Arthur
4. Penelope, eldest daughter, m. July 1666 to the Hon.Colonel Richard Coote, of Tullaghmaine

He gained the rank of Colonel in the Royalist Regiment. He fought in the English Civil War. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.). He held the office of Constable of Hillsborough Fort in 1660. He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)

Arthur lived in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland. This town was once known as Cromlyn, but derived its present name from a Castle erected there by this Arthur Hill, during the reign of Charles I (1625-49).

Then at the restoration it was made a Royal Fortress by Charles II, who made Sir Arthur and his heirs hereditary constables, with 20 warders & a well appointed garrison.^[3]

He died in April 1663.

Sources

1. ↑ extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography
2. ↑ see#4 MISC NOTES HILL FAMILY
3. ↑ Lewis' Topographical Dictionary, Hillsborough

See also:

• Crest & photo copy sent to Juanita Hill Peter of Kansas and copy sent to Kay Hill * Debrett's Illustrated Peerae, page 289
• Downshire, Marquess Of. (Hill.) Sits as Earl of Hillsborough (E.1772). [Marquess I. 1789] PREDECESSORS. - [1] Trevor Hill, P.C.; successively M.P. for Aylesbury, Malmesbury, and Downshire, and Lord-Lieut. of co Down;
• Wills, P.C., 2nd Viscount; M.P. for Huntingdon, and for Warwick 1742-56 Comptorller of Household to George II., Joint Postmaster-Gen., Sec. of State for the Colonies 1768-72, and Registrar of High Court of Chancery, Ireland; cr. Viscount Kilwarlin and Earl of Hillsborough (peerage of Ireland) 1751, with remainder to his uncle Arthur (afterwards Viscount Dungannon), Baron Harwich, of Harwich, co Essex (peerage of Great Britain),
• "Genealogical Memoirs of the members of parliament for the county and city of Kilkenny from the earliest on record to the present time; and for the boroughs of Callan, Thomastown, Inistioge, Gowran, St. Canice or Irishtown, and Knocktopher, from their enfranchisement to the Union", by George Dames Burtchaell, Dublin : Sealy & Co., 1888
• OneWorldTree www.ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

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