Hill Baronets
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There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hill, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the creations are extant as of 2008.

The Hill Baronetcy, of Waughton in the County of Haddington, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 4 February 1707 for Scipio Hill. The title became either extinct or dormant on his death in 1729.

The Hill, later Clegg-Hill Baronetcy, of Hawkstone in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 20 January 1727. For more information on this creation, see the Viscount Hill
Viscount Hill
Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke in the County of Salop, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1842 for the soldier Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill, with remainder to the heirs male of his elder brother John Hill...

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The Hill Baronetcy, of Brook Hall in Londonderry, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 17 August 1779 for Hugh Hill, who represented Londonderry
Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Londonderry City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...

 in the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

. The second Baronet represented the County of Londonderry
Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
Londonderry was a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. It was replaced in boundary changes in 1983...

 in both the Irish and British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 and also sat a Member of the British Parliament for the City of Londonderry
Londonderry City (UK Parliament constituency)
Londonderry City was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system .-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...

. He was also Governor of St Vincent and Governor of Trinidad.

The Hill Baronetcy, of Bradford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 January 1917 for James Hill
Sir James Hill, 1st Baronet
Sir James Hill, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for Bradford Central at a by-election in 1916, following the death of the Liberal MP Sir George Scott Robertson...

, founder and head of Sir James Hill & Sons, wool merchants, and Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 Member of Parliament for Bradford Central
Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Bradford Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

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The Hill Baronetcy, of Green Place in Stockbridge in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 September 1919 for the shipping lawyer Norman Hill. The title became extinct when the second Baronet was killed in action in 1944. Rosalind Mary Theodosia Hill (1907-1977), daughter of the first Baronet, was Professor of History at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

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Hill Baronets, of Brook Hall (1779)

  • Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet (1728-1795)
  • Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1763-1839)
  • Sir George Hill, 3rd Baronet (1804-1845)
  • Sir John Hill, 4th Baronet (1833-1872)
  • Sir George Hill, 5th Baronet (1866-1878)
  • Sir Henry Blyth Hill, 6th Baronet (1867-1929)
  • Sir George Rowley Hill, 7th Baronet (1864-1954)
  • Sir George Cyril Rowley Hill, 8th Baronet (1890-1980)
  • Sir George Alfred Rowley Hill, 9th Baronet (1899-1985)
  • Sir Richard George Rowley Hill, 10th Baronet (1925-1992)
  • Sir John Alfred Rowley Hill, 11th Baronet (b. 1940)

Hill Baronets, of Bradford (1917)

  • Sir James Hill, 1st Baronet
    Sir James Hill, 1st Baronet
    Sir James Hill, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for Bradford Central at a by-election in 1916, following the death of the Liberal MP Sir George Scott Robertson...

     (1849-1936)
  • Sir Albert Hill, 2nd Baronet (1877-1946)
  • Sir James Hill, 3rd Baronet (1905-1976)
  • Sir James Frederick Hill, 4th Baronet (b. 1943)

Hill Baronets, of Green Place (1919)

  • Sir (Arthur) Norman Hill, 1st Baronet (1863-1944)
  • Sir Norman Gray Hill, 2nd Baronet (d. 1944)
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