| The Right Honourable Lord Arthur Hill PC, DL, JP |
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| "Orangeman". Caricature of Lord Arthur Hill by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1886. | |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Kensington |
| Succeeded by | Edward Marjoribanks |
| In office 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Edward Marjoribanks |
| Succeeded by | George Leveson-Gower |
| In office 10 July 1895 – 19 October 1898 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | George Leveson-Gower |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Valentia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1846 |
| Died | 13 January 1931 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Annie Cookes (d. 1874) (2) Annie Harrison (d. 1944) |
Colonel Lord Arthur William Hill PC, DL, JP (28 July 1846 – 13 January 1931), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative politician. He served three times as Comptroller of the Household between 1885 and 1898 in the Conservative administrations headed by Lord Salisbury.
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Hill was a younger son of Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire, by his wife the Honourable Caroline Frances Stapleton-Cotton, daughter of Field Marshal Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere. Arthur Hill, 5th Marquess of Downshire, was his elder brother.[1]
Hill served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards. He was later a lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers and an honorary colonel in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles.[1]
Hill sat as Member of Parliament for Down and subsequently for Down West from 1880 (succeeding his uncle Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor) until 1898, when he resigned from Parliament in June by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[1][2] He served under Lord Salisbury as Comptroller of the Household from 1885[3] to 1886,[4] from 1886[5] to 1892[6] and from 1895[7] to 1898.[8] In 1885 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[9] He again held the Down West seat briefly from 1907 to 1908.[1][2] Apart from his political career he was also a Deputy Lieutenant of County Down and a Justice of the Peace for County Down and Berkshire.[1]
Hill was twice married. He married firstly Annie Nisida Denham Cookes, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Denham Cookes, in 1873. They had one son, Arthur Hill, who succeeded his father as MP for West Down in 1898. Lady Arthur Hill died in January 1874, shortly after the birth of her only child. Hill married as his second wife Annie Harrison, daughter of James Fortescue Harrison, MP for Kilmarnock, in 1877. They had one daughter. Hill died in January 1931, aged 84. Lady Arthur Hill died in February 1944.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor Viscount Castlereagh |
Member of Parliament for Down 1880 – 1885 With: Viscount Castlereagh 1880–1884 Richard William Blackwood Ker 1884–1885 |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Down West 1885 – 1898 |
Succeeded by Arthur Hill |
| Preceded by Harry Liddell |
Member of Parliament for Down West 1907–1908 |
Succeeded by William John MacGeach MacCaw |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Kensington |
Comptroller of the Household 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by Edward Marjoribanks |
| Preceded by Edward Marjoribanks |
Comptroller of the Household 1886–1892 |
Succeeded by George Leveson-Gower |
| Preceded by George Leveson-Gower |
Comptroller of the Household 1895–1898 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Valentia |