Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, Lord Hillsborough

(b. May 30, 1718, Fairford, Gloucestershire – d. Oct. 7, 1793, Hillsborough Castle, County Down, Northern Ireland )

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Wills Hill, (1718-1793), Viscount Hillsborough in the Peerage of Ireland from 1742-1751, Earl of Hillsborough from 1751-1789 and thereafter 1st Marquess of Downshire. His second wife, whom he married in 1768, was  Mary Bilson-Legge (1726-1780), 1st Baroness Stawell, widow of Henry Bilson-Legge. He owned Hillsborough Castle which is now the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

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1st Marquess of Downshire
Wills Hill

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Mentioned in 2 letters

Title	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Hester Thrale Piozzi	1816
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Morris Robinson	3132

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