Arthur Hill (politician)

Major Arthur Hill (30 December 1873 – 27 June 1913) was a British soldier and Unionist politician.

A member of the Hill family headed by the Marquess of Downshire, he was the only child of Lord Arthur Hill by his first wife Annie Nisida Denham Cookes, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Denham Cookes.

[citation needed] Hill succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for West Down at a by-election in 1898, aged 24,[1] and became the Baby of the House.

[citation needed] Hill was also a major in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles[citation needed] and was a member of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.

[2] Hill married Roberta Menges, widow of Halsey Corwin, in 1908.