Note.—His father lived to see 9 sons masters of arts in Cambridge university, and 6 of them fellows of their respective colleges.
HILDYARD, Robert Charles (brother of the preceding). b. Winstead 1800; ed. at Oakham sch. and Cath. hall, Cam., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, fellow of his coll.; barrister L.I. 25 May 1827; admitted ad eundem at I.T. 1833, bencher 1844, reader 1857; counsel to duchy of Lancaster to 1846; Q.C. 1845; M.P. for Whitehaven 28 July 1847 to death. d. 24 Lowndes st. London 7 Dec. 1857.
HILDYARD, Thomas Blackborne Thoroton- (son of colonel Thomas B. Thoroton-Hildyard of Flintham hall, Notts., d. 1830). b. 8 April 1821; ed. at Eton; matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 16 Oct. 1839; sheriff of Notts. 1862; M.P. South Notts. 1846–52 and 1866–85; chairman Notts. quarter sessions 6 April 1874. d. 11 Moreton gardens, South Kensington 19 March 1888.
Note.—His fellow member for South Notts. 1874–85 George Storer d. Thornton hall, Notts, the same day 19 March.
HILDYARD, Rev. William (son of Rev. John Hildyard of Monk’s Eleigh, Suffolk). Matric. from Trin. coll. Ox. 24 May 1808 aged 17, scholar 1812–5, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1817; assist. P.C. Beverley minster 1820; R. of Hameringham cum Scrayfield, Lincoln 1837–66; author of Thoughts on Sunday schools. Beverley 1827; Specimens of composition 1832; A manual of ancient geography for the use of schools 1835; A letter to the Rev. A. J. Carr respecting a sermon preached by him in St. John’s chapel, Beverley 1843. d. Market Deeping, Lincs. 11 Feb. 1875. I.L.N. lxvi, 211 (1875).
HILES, John. b. 1810; organist at Shrewsbury 1835–53, at Portsmouth 1853–60, and at Brighton 1860–74; organist Christ church, Gipsy hill, London 1874–81; author of A catechism for the pianoforte student 1871, 18 ed. 1882, circulated 65,000 copies; A complete dictionary of 12,500 musical terms 1871, 7 ed. 1882; Short Voluntaries for the organ 4 series 1854–75; Catechism of the organ 1876; revised The Amateur organist. By E. Travis 1872, and composed many pieces of music. d. 51 Elsham road, Kennington, London 4 Feb. 1882. Musical Directory (1883) p. xviii.
HILL, Rowland Hill, 2 Viscount (eld. son of John Hill 1769–1814, colonel in the army). b. 10 May 1800; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox., M.A. 1820; cornet royal horse guards 1820–24; M.P. for Shropshire 1821–32, for North Shropshire 1832–42; succeeded his grandfather as 4 baronet 21 May 1824, and his uncle as 2 viscount 10 Dec. 1842; lieut.-col. North Salop yeomanry cavalry 18 Aug. 1824; lord lieut. of Shropshire 20 Nov. 1845 to death; col. Shropshire militia 8 June 1849 to Aug. 1852. d. Hawkstone park, Salop 2 Jany. 1875. I.L.N. iv, 65 (1811), portrait.
HILL, Rev. Alexander (son of George Hill, D.D. 1750–1819, principal of St. Andrews univ.) b. St. Andrews 19 July 1785; ed. at St. Andrews, B.A. 1804, D.D. 1828; licensed as a presbyterian preacher Sep. 1806; minister of Colmonell, Ayrshire 1815–16 and of Dailly 1816–40; professor of divinity Glasgow univ. 1840–62; moderator of the general assembly 1845; author of The practice in the judicatories of the church of Scotland 2 ed. 1830, 5 ed. 1851; Practical hints to young ministers; Counsels regarding the pastoral office. d. 24. Wellington sq. Ayr 27 Jany. 1867. John Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy 3rd series (1851) 364–9; Scott’s Fasti ii, part i, p. 108.
HILL, David Octavius (son of Thomas Hill, bookseller, Perth). b. Perth 1802; studied under Andrew Wilson, Edin.; landscape painter; sec. Soc. of Arts, Edin. 1830, which became R. Scottish academy, sec. 1838–70; R.S.A.; the first to apply photography to portraiture and to use calotype; a commissioner of the board of manufacturers 1850; originated Art Union of Edin. 183-, the first institution of the kind; exhibited 4 pictures at R.A., 1 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1832–68 and many at R.S.A.; commenced in 1843 his picture, Signing the deed of demission, which contains 500 portraits, finished 1865, now in Free Ch. assembly hall, Edin.; published 60 pictures of the Scenery of the Land of Burns 1841. d. Edinburgh 17 May 1870. Redgrave’s Dictionary of Artists (1878) 211; Edinburgh Evening Courant 18 May 1870 p. 8.
HILL, Sir Dudley St. Leger (eld. son of Dudley Hill). b. co. Carlow 1790; ensign 82 foot 27 Aug. 1804; captain royal West India rangers 1810–14; major attached to Portuguese and Spanish army 1814 to 25 Dec. 1816 when placed on h.p.; major 95 foot 1823 to 19 Jany. 1826 when placed on h.p.; served in South America 1806–8 and in the Peninsula 1808–14, being wounded 7 times; K.T.S. 20 Nov. 1816; knighted 25 Nov. 1816; governor of St. Lucia 15 April 1834 to 21 Dec. 1847; general on staff in Bengal 10 April 1848 to death; colonel of 50 regt. 28 March 1849 to death; M.G. 23 Nov. 1841; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 2 March 1848. d. Umballa, Bengal 21 Feb. 1851. I.L.N. xviii, 329 (1851).