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Sir John Hill (c. 1774 – 20 January 1855) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Hill entered the navy at a young age, probably after a period of being nominally on naval ships in order to gain seniority. He served on several ships during the years of peace between the end of the American War of Independence and the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, and was promoted to lieutenant shortly after the outbreak of the latter conflict. He served in the English Channel and the Mediterranean, and was one of the officers of at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. He was promoted to commander for his good service in the battle, but only commanded one ship, the troopship , before the Peace of Amiens. He distinguished himself in the service of the Transport Board during the Napoleonic Wars, overseeing the movement of troops to and from continental Europe and earning the thanks of Swedish royalty and the Duke of Wellington. Advanced to post-captain, he continued in this role for some years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, until being appointed Captain-Superintendent of Deptford Victualling Yard. The remainder of his career was spent ashore at the navy's dockyards, moving to Sheerness Dockyard and then back to Deptford. He was knighted for his services in 1831, and while at Sheerness in 1838, oversaw preparations for selling . He retired in 1851 with the rank of rear-admiral and died in 1855. ==Early life== Hill was born c. 1774 and joined the navy on 25 September 1781, being entered on the books of the bomb vessel as a first-class volunteer under Commander James Alms. His name was borne on ''Infernal''s books until March 1783.〔 From 20 April 1788 he served aboard the 16-gun at Newfoundland under Commander Thomas Thompson, and from 1789 went on to serve aboard several ships of the line. He held the ranks of master's mate, and later midshipman, aboard the 74-gun ships , Captain Archibald Dickson, and , Captain Robert Mann, and the 24-gun , Captain James Alms, seeing service in the English Channel and in the West Indies.〔〔 Hill was promoted to lieutenant on 28 July 1794 and was at first posted to the 74-gun , serving with the Channel Fleet under Captain Hon. Thomas Pakenham. Hill followed Pakenham to his next command the following year, the 80-gun , and spent a brief period in 1797 serving under his old commander, James Alms, aboard the 64-gun .〔〔 Hill then went out to the Mediterranean aboard the 98-gun , the flagship of Sir John Orde. He transferred to the 74-gun under Captain Thomas Louis in May 1798, and served as her senior lieutenant at the Battle of the Nile in early August that year.〔〔 His good service in the battle led to a commission to the rank of commander, dated 8 October 1798. He was for some time without a command, until being appointed to take over on 2 February 1800.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Hill (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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