Greenhill
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Places
In the UK- Greenhill, Brent, London, England
- Greenhill, Camden, London, England
- Greenhill, County Antrim, a townland in County AntrimCounty AntrimCounty Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...
, Northern Ireland - Greenhill, County DurhamGreenhill, County DurhamGreenhill is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south of Sunderland, and adjoins Murton....
, England - Greenhill, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Greenhill, DorsetGreenhill, DorsetGreenhill is a suburb to the northeast of Weymouth in Dorset, England, with a sand and shingle beach.The A353 road, locally known as Greenhill, runs parallel and close to the beach. To the northeast it becomes Preston Road, leading to the village of Preston. Also to the northeast along the coast...
, England - Greenhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- Greenhill, EdinburghGreenhill, EdinburghGreenhill is a small area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.South-west of the city centre, Greenhill is normally taken to be part of Bruntsfield, which continues to the north. Greenhill borders Marchmont and The Grange to the east, Morningside to the south, and Merchiston is west, beyond Holy...
, Scotland - Greenhill, EveshamGreenhill, EveshamGreenhill is a hill just north of Evesham, Worcestershire and was part of the site of the Battle of Evesham. In the battle, Simon de Montfort was defeated and killed on 4 August 1265...
, Worcestershire, England, main location of the Battle of EveshamBattle of EveshamThe Battle of Evesham was one of the two main battles of 13th century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and the rebellious barons by Prince Edward – later King Edward I – who led the forces of his father, King Henry III...
in 1265 - Greenhill, FalkirkGreenhill, FalkirkGreenhill is a village which lies in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is located on the outskirts of Bonnybridge, west of Falkirk. Greenhill is situated south of the Forth and Clyde Canal and north of the railway line at Greenhill Junction....
, Scotland - Greenhill, HarrowGreenhill, HarrowGreenhill is a locality within the London Borough of Harrow. It is located to the north of Harrow Hill in Greater London. It also describes an ecclesiastical parish and ward with similar but not identical boundaries.-Parish:...
, London, England - Greenhill, Herefordshire England
- Greenhill, KentGreenhill, KentGreenhill is an outlying suburb of the coastal town of Herne Bay, in Kent in southeast England. The erstwhile Thanet Way, now renumbered as the A2990 road, separates Greenhill from Herne Bay....
, England - Greenhill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
- Greenhill, Lancashire, England
- Greenhill, Leicestershire, England
- Greenhill, Sheffield, England
- Greenhill, SwanseaGreenhill, SwanseaGreenhill is an inner-urban district of Swansea, Wales, lying immediately north of the city centre around the junction of the A483, A4118 and B4489 roads...
, Wales
Elsewhere
- Greenhill, Nova ScotiaGreenhill, Nova ScotiaGreenhill is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County .Notable residents include Matt Miller.-References:*...
, Canada - Greenhill (Poland), a village in Greater Poland VoivodeshipGreater Poland VoivodeshipWielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
, Szamotuły County, ObrzyckoObrzyckoObrzycko is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,172 inhabitants .Nearby municipalities include Wronki, Ostroróg, and Szamotuły.- Notable residents :* Abraham Berliner , historian...
commune, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... - Greenhill, South AustraliaGreenhill, South AustraliaGreenhill is a suburb of Adelaide located in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills either side of Greenhill Road. Adjacent suburbs are Waterfall Gully, Burnside, Stonyfell, Skye, Norton Summit, Summertown and Ashton, and includes Cleland Conservation Park and the western slopes and summit of Mount...
, Australia
Businesses and institutions
- Greenhill & Co.Greenhill & Co.Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a leading independent investment bank focused on providing financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings and capital raisings to corporations, partnerships, institutions and governments. The firm made $298.6m in sales in 2009, with a...
, a boutique New York-based investment bank - Greenhill School (Addison, Texas), Addison, Texas
- Ysgol Greenhill SchoolYsgol Greenhill SchoolThe Greenhill School, is a non-Welsh speaking secondary school in the coastal town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. With approximately 1400 pupils on roll, it is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales. Between September 1994 and July 2009, the head teacher was Christopher Noble who was then replaced...
, Pembrokeshire, Wales
People
- Sir Alfred George GreenhillAlfred George GreenhillSir George Greenhill, F.R.S. , was a British mathematician.George Greenhill was educated at Christ's Hospital School and from there he went up to St John's College, Cambridge in 1866. In 1876, Greenhill was appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, UK...
(1847–1927), English mathematician. - Dr. Basil Jack GreenhillBasil GreenhillDr. Basil Jack Greenhill , was a diplomat, museum director and historian.He went to Bristol Grammar School, before reading philosophy, politics and economics at Bristol University, but his time there was interrupted by wartime naval service...
(1920–2003), English diplomat, museum director and historian. - Charles Greenhill, Baron of Ferne, Scotland.
- Craig GreenhillCraig GreenhillCraig Greenhill is an Australian former rugby league footballer. A member of the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team for most of his career, he played in the second row...
, Australian Rugby player. - David GreenhillDavid GreenhillDavid Greenhill is a Scottish professional football midfielder currently playing for Scottish Football League club Berwick Rangers. He was capped by Scotland Schoolboys in 2002.-Career:...
(1985), Scottish footballer. - David Greenhill Gardyne (1796-1867), of Craignathro, Angus, Scotland. Baron of Findhaven. Member of the East India Company's Civil Service. Changed his name from Greenhill to Greenhill Gardyne upon inheritance of baronage. Bore a modified form of the coats of arms of the Greenhills of Harrow and Abbots Langley of England.
- Denis Arthur GreenhillDenis Arthur GreenhillSir Denis Arthur Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow, GCMG, OBE was the British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1969 to 1973; an established and respected expert on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, he had the dubious task of expelling 105 Russian diplomats and...
(1913-2000), Baron Greenhill of Harrow, O.B.E., K.C.M.G., G.C.M.G., Colonel in Royal Engineers in WW2. Diplomat in Foreign Office. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office. Governor of the BBC. Director of BAT Industries, Hawker Siddeley Group, Wellcome Foundation, Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance, S.G. Warburg and Leyland International. - Elizabeth Greenhill, (1615-1679), mother of 39 children, the last of whom was Thomas GreenhillThomas Greenhill (surgeon)Thomas Greenhill was a surgeon who worked in London and was also author of a book "Νεκροκηδεία" or "The Art of Embalming" on embalming. He was also surgeon to His Grace Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk...
. - Ernest GreenhillErnest Greenhill, 1st Baron GreenhillErnest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill , was a Scottish politician.Greenhill was the son of Maurice Greenhill. He was a member of the Glasgow Corporation. In 1950 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Greenhill, of Townhead in the City of Glasgow. Lord Greenhill married Ida, daughter of Mark...
(1887–1967), 1st Baron Greenhill, of Townhead in the City of Glasgow. - Gary GreenhillGary GreenhillGary Greenhill is a Scottish professional football midfielder who is currently playing for Perth SC.-Career:...
(1985), Scottish footballer. - Henry Greenhill (1646–1708), Agent-General at Cape Coast CastleCape Coast CastleCape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana built by Swedish traders. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg after King Charles X of Sweden. It was later rebuilt in stone....
, Commissioner of the Royal Navy, Artist & M.P. for Newport (Isle of Wight) from 1699-1701. Younger brother of the painter John Greenhill. - Joe R. GreenhillJoe R. GreenhillJoe Robert Greenhill was an American attorney. He served on the Texas Supreme Court for 25 years, 10 of those as Chief Justice.-Biography:...
(1914), American Attorney. - Sir John de Greenhill, of Palington, Warwickshire, and then Berkhamstead, Herts who fought in the Prince's Retinue at the Battle of CrécyBattle of CrécyThe Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 near Crécy in northern France, and was one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years' War...
in 1346. - John Greenhill (1642–76), English portrait painter and draughtsman. Born in Somerset and then moved to Salisbury and then London.
- Rev. John Russell GreenhillJohn Russell GreenhillJohn Russell Greenhill was an English vicar who owned Chequers, Bucks. He was the son of Samuel Greenhill, Esq. of Swyncombe, Oxon of the East India Company and Elizabeth Russell. Elizabeth belonged to the Russell of Chequers Court family and was descended from Oliver Cromwell.John inherited...
(1727?-1813), English vicar and owner of ChequersChequersChequers, or Chequers Court, is a country house near Ellesborough, to the south of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills... - Joseph GreenhillJoseph GreenhillJoseph Greenhill , was a theological writer.Greenhill was a nephew of Thomas Greenhill. His father, William , was a counsellor-at-law, who lived first in London and then retired to a family estate at Abbot's Langley, Hertfordshire, where Joseph was born and baptised in February 1703-4...
(1704–1788), Church of England clergyman and religious disputer. - Sir Robert Greenhill-RussellRobert Greenhill-RussellSir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet was a British politician.He was born in 1763 to the Rev. John Russell Greenhill and Elizabeth Noble...
, 1st Baronet Greenhill-Russell of Chequers Court (d.1836), M.P.Member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for ThirskThirskThirsk is a small market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The local travel links are located a mile from the town centre to Thirsk railway station and to Durham Tees Valley Airport...
and owner of ChequersChequersChequers, or Chequers Court, is a country house near Ellesborough, to the south of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills... - Thomas GreenhillThomas GreenhillThomas Greenhill was an English colonial administrator, one of the early pioneers of the East India Company and the Agent of Madras for two terms from 1648 to 1652 and 1655 to 1658.- Early life :...
(1611-1658), a pioneer of the British East India CompanyBritish East India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China... - Thomas GreenhillThomas Greenhill (surgeon)Thomas Greenhill was a surgeon who worked in London and was also author of a book "Νεκροκηδεία" or "The Art of Embalming" on embalming. He was also surgeon to His Grace Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk...
(1669-1740), of Abbots Langley and Bloomsbury. Surgeon to Henry, Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, Earl Marshal was a politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer.He married Mary Mordaunt, the only daughter and heiress of...
and author of "NekpokhΔeia" or "The Art of Embalming". 39th child of William Greenhill and Elizabeth Greenhill of Harrow and Abbots Langley. - William Greenhill (1610-1668), of Harrow and Abbots Langley. Secretary to General MonckGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of AlbemarleGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.-Early life and career:...
. Bore Coat of arms of "Vert 2 Barrs argent, in chief a Leopard passant or" with a demi-griffin as its crest. - William GreenhillWilliam GreenhillWilliam Greenhill was an English nonconformist clergyman, independent minister, and member of the Westminster Assembly.-Life:He was born probably in Oxfordshire. At the age of thirteen he matriculated at the University of Oxford on 8 June 1604 and was elected a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, on...
(1591-1671), dissenting Protestant Vicar of Stepney Congregational Church who was entrusted the spiritual care of Charles I's orphans by Parliament. Author of "Exposition of the First Five Chapters of Ezekiel". - William Alexander GreenhillWilliam Alexander GreenhillWilliam Alexander Greenhill was an English physician, literary editor and sanitary reformer.-Biography:...
(1814–1894), doctor and pioneering sanitary reformer. Also a translator of Greek, Arabic and Roman texts.
Titles
- Baron GreenhillBaron GreenhillBaron Greenhill, of Townhead in the City of Glasgow, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1950 for Ernest Greenhill, a former member of the Glasgow Corporation. His elder son, the second Baron, was Professor of Community Medicine at the University of Alberta in Canada....
(of Townhead in the City of Glasgow) - Baron Greenhill of Harrow
- Baronet Greenhill-Russell of Chequers Court
See also
- Green Hill (disambiguation)
- Green Hills (disambiguation)
- GreenhillsGreenhillsGreenhills is a suburb situated in Templeogue in the Southside of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It sits between Walkinstown, Kimmage, Tallaght, Terenure and Templeogue. It is generally understood to comprise the Greenhills Estate as well as Greenpark, Limekiln and Temple Manor...
- Grinnell (disambiguation)