Sir James William Francis Hill CBE FSA (15 September 1899 – 6 January 1980) was a British solicitor and leading historian of Lincoln and Lincolnshire.
The Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School in Bristol Drive, Lincoln was named in his honour.
He gained an open scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but first served at the end of the First World War in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Sir Francis enjoyed a long and successful career in the civic governance as a councillor and later alderman of the City Council 1932-1974 and he was Mayor of Lincoln in 1945/1946.
[3] Sir Francis was involved in municipal government both nationally and internationally.