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Sir Dudley St Leger Hill
1787 - 1851

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References:

1 Southport Visitor Saturday April 19th 1851. General Sir Dudley Hill has died of apoplexy at Umballa.
2 Website of Stephen Lewis, Cheltenham, England http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm Grave at Ambala cemetery - "Sacred to the memory of Major General Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, KCB, Colonel of HM 50th Regt who died at Umballah while in command of the Sirhind division on the 21st February 1851."
3 Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland: preserved at Welbeck Abbey” Vol VIII 1907.
4 Highfill, Burnim and Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 10 1984
5 William Mountfort, Christopher Marlowe, 1973 The life and death of Doctor Faustus, made into a farce (1697)
6 Debrett’s Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland 1820 page 992. “daughter of Richard Hill, of Henblas, co. Montgomery, esq.
7 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849) Caer-sws - “another road leads towards Pont-y-Ddolgoch, crossing the Newtown turnpike road on Henblas farm, and taking the direction of Plasau-duon and Bwlch-y-Garreg to the hill called Mynydd Llynmawr”.
8 Deposited by Col. Howard, Trewern, Powys, 16 December and 26 January 1978 and 18 May 1982
9 Powys-Land Club 1890. Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders.
10 Gerald Morgan, 1997, A Welsh House and its Family - The Vaughans of Trawsgoed.
11 Gerald Morgan, 1997, A Welsh House and its Family - The Vaughans of Trawsgoed.
12 Notes and Queries article by E. E. Hill of Maycliff, St. Luke’s Road North, Torquay in the 15th August 1914 edition headed “Capt Richard Hill and the Siege of Derry”
13 Anthologia Hibernica Volume 2 1794. For Dec 1793 page 471.
14 IGI
15 Hill--August 27 at Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. Maria, widow of John Colclough Hill, aged 84 years.
16 Carlow Morning Post. County Carlow Presentments. Take notice, that by the late Road Act, which has taken place the First of November last, Notices in writing, of all applications, requests, or proposals for the laying out, forming, making, or repairing of Court-Houses, Sessions Houses, Bridges, or Walls, or for executing any other Public Works, intended to be submitted to the Magistrate [party transcribed]. Dudley Hill, Secretary to the Grand Jury, Co. Carlow, Secretary's Office, Dublin St. Carlow, 5th December 1818.
17Pigot & Co's Directory 1801-25 Attorneys: Hill, Dudley, Dublin St. Carlow Town and 48 Lower Gardiner St. Dublin (Solicitor in Chancery pursuant to an order of that court 1/1/1791)
18 Limerick Evening Post and Clare Sentinel Death 1 Oct 1833 (from website Nick Reddan's Newspaper Abstracts). In Carlow, Dudley Hill, Esq Secretary to the Grand Jury. He had numbered nearly four score years. The two days previous to his death, there was born to one of his daughters his forty-sixth grandchild.
19 Gentleman’s Magazine 1840. Lately at Dublin, aged 80, Lavinia, relict of Dudley Hill esq. of Carlow.
20 Gentleman’s Magazine 1861. April 30 At Finglas, near Dublin age 62 Edward Eustace Hill esq. late resident magistrate co Longford.
21 Public Record Office Kew, England. Service record of Dudley St Leger Hill 2nd December 1828.
22 Hill, Sir Dudley St Leger, K.C.B., Major-General (c. 1787-1851). – Grave at Ambala, No. 220 Contains a record of career similar to the Dictionary of National Biography.
23 In an article found on the internet, Keith Raynor wrote of the experiences of the Riflemen of the 95th Regiment at the retreat to Corunna. Keith was described as “an experienced and thorough researcher in England and contributes articles regularly to magazines such as First Empire and the Age of Napoleon”.
24 M. Bence-Jones, ‘A Guide to Irish Country Houses’, London, 1988. Carlow cal Braganza, Hill 1818+ Built by D.S. Hill. Subsequently the house of the Bishops of Kildare.
25 IGI
26 London Parish Records. Marriage St Marylebone 1819 Witnesses Sibella Harriott, W Harriott, Christine Hunter
27 The Royal Lady’s Magazine and archives of the court of St James September 1831 page 202. On the 20th July, in her 33rd year at Hurst House Moulsey, Caroline Drury the wife of Sir Dudley St Leger Hill and third daughter of Robert Hunter esq.
28 Burkes Irish Family Record, IGI, Census returns, Kew index cards, Army records.
36 United Services Magazine 1830. December 13th 1829 At Mousely-Hurst House the Lady of Lt Col Sir Dudley St Leger Hill, a daughter.
37 Bengal Marriages Volume 77 page 117. Marriage at Umballa, 26 January 1850. Jonas Travers, 28, Bachelor Lt 3rd Dragoons, resident at Umballa and Rosamund Shirley St Leger Hill 20, Spinster. Witnesses Lt Col Lockwood and Capt Dudley Hill.
38 Gentleman’s Magazine Volume 195, August 1853 page 194: At Timoleague, Co. Cork, Horace Newman Travers esq. Commiss.-Staff, son of the late Major-General Sir Robert Travers, to Rosamond St Leger Shirley, relict of Jonas Hamilton Travers esq. of Timoleague house, Lieut. 3rd Light Dragoons, and dau. of the late Major-Gen. Sir Dudley St Leger Hill K.C.B.
39 The Connaught Journal, Galway, Monday, December 22, 1823 The Army: The following are the Appointments to the two new Regiments, the 94th and the 95th Regiment, to be Majors – Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill.
40 Gentleman’s Magazine Volume XXIII New Series June 1845 page 648 Obituary of Lady Hill
41 Freeman’s Journal 24th February 1848
42 John Lang, Wanderings in India and other sketches of life in Hindostan
 
References:
Dictionary of National Biography, Volume IX page 843
Illustrated London News XVIII page 329 1851
Gentleman’s Magazine Volume 205 May 1851 page 552 Obituary Sir Dudley St Leger Hill
John Phillip parted., The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service Commission Book, 1820, page 475
Public Record Office Kew – Card indexes and Service Records
International Genealogical Index
England and Wales Census Records

Source: Rodney Kerr c.2010

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