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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

1772 - 1842

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General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer, politician and peer who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. Hill became Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1828. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill has received more than 243,563 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill is the 2,003rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,643rd in 2019), the 5,790th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,378th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill ranks 2,003 out of 2,058. Before him are Crispus Attucks, Odette Hallowes, Andrey Mordvichev, Narasimhagupta, James Abbott, and William Gott. After him are Khattiya Sawasdipol, Juba, Tetiana Ostashchenko, Vladimir Vysotsky, Denys Prokopenko, and Henry Warner Slocum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill ranks 46. Before him are Paul Louis Courier, Charles Leclerc, William H. Crawford, Sándor Kisfaludy, Caesar Augustus Rodney, and William Wirt.  Among people deceased in 1842, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill ranks 44. Before him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Archibald Menzies, Amos Eaton, William Hobson, James Barbour, and John Sell Cotman. After him are Chand Kaur, and Daniel Beale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill ranks 5,790 out of 8,785. Before him are Emily Beecham (1984), Daniel Kaluuya (1989), David Lack (1910), Stuart Christie (1946), Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900), and Wally Kinnear (1880). After him are Sidney Lee (1859), Mary Rand (1940), Bill Slater (1927), Maxi Priest (1961), Charles Stross (1964), and Levi Colwill (2003).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill ranks 129. Before him are Charles James Napier (1782), Andy McNab (1959), Redvers Buller (1839), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), James Abbott (1807), and William Gott (1897). After him are George Cathcart (1794), Andy Green (1962), Craig Harrison (1974), Richard Dannatt (1950), and Patrick Kay (1921).

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