General Rowland Hill, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, c1830-c1835 (c1857).Artist: WH Mote

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General Rowland Hill, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, c1830-c1835 (c1857). One of Wellington's most trusted lieutenants during the Peninsular War (1809-1814), Hill (1772-1842) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1812 and General in 1825. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the army in England in 1825 when Wellington became Prime Minister, holding the post until 1839. He was made a Viscount in 1842. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume IV, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857.

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