Description: Up for auction the "2nd Baronet" Sir George Hill Hand Signed Free Frank Dated 1827. ES-1118 Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Londonderry City from 1768 to 1795. His mother Hannah was a daughter of John McClintock, Hill was educated in Londonderry and at Trinity College, Dublin. He then studied at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in Ireland in 1786. In 1788, he married Jane Beresford, daughter of Hon. John Beresford (son of the Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone), who was President of the Irish Board of Revenue. Hill was a member of the Orange Order, serving for time on the committee of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. He was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Coleraine from 1791 to 1795, and then succeeded his father as MP for Londonderry City 1798. In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for County Londonderry from 1801 to 1802, and for Londonderry City from 1802 to 1830. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1808, and of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1817. He was Governor of Saint Vincent from 1830 to 1833, and then Governor of Trinidad from 1833 until his death in 1839.
Price: 99.99 USD
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Theme: Royalty
Country/Region of Manufacture: Ireland
