Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill

[1] Hill was returned to Parliament for Shropshire in 1821, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was abolished.

In 1842 he also succeeded his uncle as second Viscount Hill according to a special remainder in the letters patent and was able to take a seat in the House of Lords.

Hill served as cornet in the Royal Horse Guards from 1820 to 1824, the year he succeeded to the baronetcy.

[1] He also succeeded his father in command, as lieutenant-colonel, of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry.

He died in January 1875, aged 74, and was buried in the family vault at St Luke's parish church, Hodnet.