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General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the Duke of Wellington. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828. ==Background and early career== Hill was born on 11August 1772 at Hawkstone Hall near Prees, Shropshire. He was the second son and fourth child of Sir John Hill Bt, a farmer, and Mary, co-heir and daughter of John Chambré of Petton, Shropshire. Educated at The King's School in Chester,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kingschester.co.uk/extras/KingsAlumni/inspirationalAlumni.html )〕 Hill was commissioned into 38th Foot in 1790. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 January 1791. On 16 March 1791, after a period of leave, he was appointed to the 53rd Regiment of Foot. He was asked to raise an independent company and given the rank of captain on 30 March 1793. He served at the Siege of Toulon in Autumn 1793 as ''aide-de-camp'' to General O'Hara from where he carried the dispatches to London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rowland Hill )〕 He then transferred to one of Major General Cornelius Cuyler's independent companies on 16 November 1793. In 1794 he assisted Thomas Graham in raising the 90th Foot for which he was promoted to major on 27 May 1794 and to lieutenant-colonel on 26 July 1794. He was promoted to colonel on 1 January 1800. In 1801 he commanded the 90th Foot when they landed at Aboukir Bay in Egypt as part of a force under Sir Ralph Abercromby: Hill was seriously wounded in the action when a musket ball hit his head.〔 In the ensuing weeks Hill helped drive the French forces out of Egypt.〔 Hill became a brigadier in 1803 and a major-general on 2 November 1805. 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「Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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