Clement Delves Hill

Major-general Clement Delves Hill (6 December 1781 – 20 January 1845) was a British Army Officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later saw service in India.

Career

The sixth son of Sir John Hill Bt. and Mary, co-heir and daughter of John Chambré of Petton, Shropshire, he was born on 6 December 1781 at Hawkstone Hall near Prees Shropshire.[1]

He joined the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) as a cornet on 22 August 1805 and was promoted to lieutenant on 6 March 1806. Promotion to captain followed on 4 April 1811; to major on 19 December 1811; to lieutenant-colonel on 30 December 1813; to colonel on 21 June 1827 and to major-general on 10 January 1837.[2]

After arriving in Portugal he served throughout the Peninsular War as aide-de-camp to his elder brother Lord Hill and was slightly wounded during the campaign.[2]

He was present at the Battle of Waterloo where he was wounded when a sword was thrust through his thigh, pinioning him to the ground.[3][2]

In India, he commanded the Mysore Division of the Madras Army under the Marquess of Tweeddale from 24 November 1841.[4][2]

Death

Hill died at the falls of Guersoppa in the Indian state of Karnataka on 20 January 1845 and was buried at Honavar on the 22 January.

There is a colossal monument erected in honour of Colonel Hill in Honavar. The monument is a 30-metre (98 ft) tall column popularly known as Colonel Hill Pillar. [5] [6] [7] Locals are trying hard to preserve the column and grave in Honavar.

There is a commemorative tablet dedicated to Hill in St Chad's Church, Prees.[4]

Family

On 26 June 1841 Hill married Harriet Emma Charlotte, only daughter of sportsman and eccentric John Mytton (1796–1834).[8] His brothers Rowland, Thomas and Robert all followed military careers and were present at the Battle of Waterloo.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Burke 1869, p. 584.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Death of Major-general Hill". Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales. 12 March 1845. Retrieved 3 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ Dalton 1904, p. 2.
  4. 1 2 Bromley & Bromley 2012, p. 1756.
  5. ↑ http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/karavali/honavar/chill.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/634291/colonel-hill-monument-hc-orders.html
  7. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Colonel-Hills-171-year-old-column-faces-grave-threat-from-NHAI-project/articleshow/54355390.cms
  8. ↑ Barker (1900) p.16
  9. ↑ "Death of Sir Robert Chambre Hill CB". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 10 March 1850. Retrieved 15 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
Bibliography
  • Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2012). Wellington’s Men Remembered: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo - Vol 1. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-78159-412-4.
  • Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison.
  • Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Barker, George Fisher Russell (1894). "Mytton, John". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.


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