[8] He served at the Siege of Toulon in Autumn 1793 as aide-de-camp to General O'Hara[3] from where he carried the dispatches to London.

[13] In 1801 he commanded the 90th Foot when they landed at Abukir Bay in Egypt as part of a force under Sir Ralph Abercromby; Hill was seriously wounded in the action when a musket ball hit his head.

[9] In the ensuing weeks Hill helped drive the French forces out of Egypt, and fought at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.

[9] He participated in Sir John Moore's 1808–1809 campaign in Spain, commanding a brigade at the Battle of Corunna.

[9] While serving under Wellington at the Second Battle of Porto, units of Hill's brigade launched an impromptu assault across the Douro River that ultimately routed Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult's French corps from Oporto.

The night before the battle, Marshal Claude-Victor Perrin mounted a surprise attack, swept aside two battalions of the King's German Legion and seized a key elevation.

In the short clash that followed, Hill was briefly grabbed and nearly captured by a Frenchman, but his troops recovered the summit.

[16] Still leading the 2nd Division during Marshal André Masséna's 1810 invasion of Portugal, Hill fought at the Battle of Bussaco.

[19] In May 1812, after the capture of Badajoz, Hill led a second raid that destroyed a key bridge in the Battle of Almaraz.

[9] Hill commanded the Right Column during the campaign and decisive British victory at the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813.

[25] On 13 December 1813, during the Battle of the Nive, Hill performed what may have been his finest work in his defence of St-Pierre d'Irube.

Expecting nothing but a nod of thanks, the man was astonished when the general arranged for his supper and a place for him to stay for the night.

[28] He was also Tory[29] Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury from 1812[30] to 1814,[31] when he was raised to his peerage as Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in the county of Salop,[32][33] although military duties made him unable to attend the House of Commons prior to his elevation to the Lords.

[43] The pack exists to this day and hunts the north of the county, including the grounds of his childhood home, Hawkstone Hall.

[43] He served as treasurer of the Salop Infirmary at Shrewsbury in 1825,[44] laying the foundation stone of a major rebuild of the hospital in 1827.