Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire

Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire KP (8 October 1788 – 12 September 1845) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Fairford from 1789 until 1793 and Earl of Hillsborough from 1793 to 1801.

He was born in Hanover Square, the eldest son of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire, and his wife, Mary Sandys.

After the Grey Ministry came to power, he received a succession of appointments, becoming Colonel of the South Down Militia on 25 March 1831 and carrying the second sword at the coronation of William IV on 8 September.

In this capacity he played an important role in helping preserve records of the language, poetry, folk and song collections and much else.

[3][4] Hill was disliked by Elizabeth Smith, diarist at Baltyboys House, County Wicklow who felt snubbed by him when she and her husband first moved into the area.

Arthur Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire ('A view of Hill near Downshire'), 1817.