What is Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox military person|name=The Viscount Hill|birth_date={{birth-date|11 August 1772}}|death_date={{death-date and age|10 December 1842|1 August 1772}}|image=Roland Hill 1819.jpg|caption=Lieutenant-General Rowland Lord Hill, 1819. Canvas by [[George Dawe]]|nickname=|birth_place=[[Prees, Shropshire|Prees]], [[Shropshire]]|death_place=[[Hadnall]], [[Shropshire]]|allegiance={{flagcountry|UKGBI}}|branch={{army|UK}}|serviceyears=1790–1842|rank=[[General (United Kingdom)|General]]|unit=|commands=[[II Corps (United Kingdom)|II Corps]]|battles=[[Napoleonic Wars]]<br>[[Peninsular War]]|awards=[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]<br />[[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order]]<br />[[Order of the Tower and Sword|Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword]] (Portugal)<br />[[Military William Order|Knight Commander of the Military William Order]] (Netherlands)|relations=|laterwork=}} [[File:Arms_Hill_OfHillsCourt_Nash_Shropshire.png|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_Hill_OfHillsCourt_Nash_Shropshire.png|thumb|Arms of Hill: ''Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent''<ref>Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.577</ref>]] [[:en:General_(United_Kingdom)|General]] '''Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCH|sep=,|size=100%}} (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a [[British Army]] officer. He served in the [[Napoleonic Wars]] as a brigade, division and corps commander. He became [[:en:Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Forces|Commander-in-Chief of the British Army]] in 1828. == Footnotes == {{reflist}} == References == * {{cite book|title=The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1813, Volume 149.|last=Burke|first=Edmund|year=1813}} * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/waterloorollcall00daltuoft|title=The Waterloo roll call.