John Waller Hills

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John Waller Hills PC DCL (1867 - 24 December 1938) was a British Conservative politician.

The second son of Herbert Augustus and Anna Hills of Highhead Castle, Cumberland, Hills was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.

He was Conservative Member of Parliament for City of Durham from 1906-1918 and for the successor Durham City Division from 1918-1922, and Conservative member for Ripon from December 1925. He held ministerial office as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1922-1923.

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 despatches.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1929.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Elliot	Member of Parliament for City of Durham 1906–1922	Succeeded by Joshua Ritson
Preceded by Edward Wood	Member of Parliament for Ripon 1925–1939	Succeeded by Christopher York
Political offices
Preceded by Hilton Young	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1922–1923	Succeeded by Archibald Boyd-Carpenter