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NameThomas Hill (born Harwood) 
[26, “1722: Powis An and Hill Tho, Westminster (St Anne Soho)”], [71, His own article: MP for Shrewsbury], [60, Harborough article, vol VI, p. 296]
[26, “1722: Powis An and Hill Tho, Westminster (St Anne Soho)”], [71, His own article: MP for Shrewsbury], [60, Harborough article, vol VI, p. 296]Birth1693
Death11 Jun 1782
GeneralMP. Of Tern Hall, Salop and Shrubstone (Shenstone?) Park, Salop.
Spouses
1Anne Powys [26, “1722: Powis An and Hill Tho, Westminster (St Anne Soho)”], [60, Harborough article, vol VI, p. 296]
[26, “1722: Powis An and Hill Tho, Westminster (St Anne Soho)”], [60, Harborough article, vol VI, p. 296]FatherRichard Powys (1662-1723)
MotherElizabeth Singleton (ca1671-1721)
Marriage14 Feb 1722, St Anne Soho, Westminster [26, “1722: Powis An and Hill Tho, Westminster (St Anne Soho)”], [19, Marriage on 14 Feb 1722/23 at St Anne, Soho]
Marriage3 May 1740 [71, Thomas Hill MP’s own article: MP for Shrewsbury]
ChildrenNoel (1745-1789)
Notes for Thomas Hill (born Harwood)
m. (1) Anne Powys, (2) Susan Maria Noel.
Will notes for Thomas Hill (born Harwood)
In his will of 17 May 1779, with one codicil of 11th May 1782, he writes that:
“by my first wife Ann Powis I had issue two daughters both now deceased vidilicit Ann wo married Robert Burton of Songnor [possibly Longnor, Shropshire] Esquire and with whom I gave a fortune of five thousand pounds and Margaret who married the Right Honorable Bennitt Earl of Harborough and with whom I gave a fortune of seven thousand pounds and by my second wife Susannah Maria Noel I had issue two sons and two daughters whereof one son and one daughter are living vidilicet My son Noel Hill and my daughter Mary now the wife of Henry Ossington(?) Esquire but who was first married to Sir Brian Broughton ????? Baronet and with whom I gave a fortune of ten thousand pounds ...”
He listed:
The above daughters and son,
His two wives,
....
His will with codicil was around 15 pages long and was presented by The National Archive in five separate files.
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“by my first wife Ann Powis I had issue two daughters both now deceased vidilicit Ann wo married Robert Burton of Songnor [possibly Longnor, Shropshire] Esquire and with whom I gave a fortune of five thousand pounds and Margaret who married the Right Honorable Bennitt Earl of Harborough and with whom I gave a fortune of seven thousand pounds and by my second wife Susannah Maria Noel I had issue two sons and two daughters whereof one son and one daughter are living vidilicet My son Noel Hill and my daughter Mary now the wife of Henry Ossington(?) Esquire but who was first married to Sir Brian Broughton ????? Baronet and with whom I gave a fortune of ten thousand pounds ...”
He listed:
The above daughters and son,
His two wives,
....
His will with codicil was around 15 pages long and was presented by The National Archive in five separate files.
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DNB Main notes for Thomas Hill (born Harwood)
From the History of Parliament site:
HILL, Thomas (1693-1782), of Tern, Salop.
Constituency Dates
SHREWSBURY 9 Mar. 1749 - 1768
Family and Education
b. 1693, 1st s. of Thomas Harwood, a Shrewsbury draper, by Margaret, da. of Rowland Hill of Hawkstone, Salop; 1st cos. of Sir Rowland and Samuel Hill. m. (1) 14 Feb. 1723, Anne (d. 21 Dec. 1739), da. of Richard Powys of Hintlesham, Suff., 1s. 2da. (2) 3 May 1740, Susan Maria, da. and coh. of William Noel, 2s. 2da. suc. uncle Rev. Richard Hill to Tern 1727, and cos. Samuel Hill to Shenstone, Salop 1758.
Offices Held
Biography
Thomas Harwood assumed the name of Hill in 1712, when his uncle, Richard Hill, settled on him the estate of Tern.1 About this time he was sent abroad by his uncle, who wrote to him at Hamburg in October regretting his being ‘so perfectly idle ... so long’, and advising him to employ himself ‘in reading, writing and arithmetic’, and in learning German; and in 1714 directed him to proceed from Saxony to Amsterdam, where he tried to place him ‘in any good house where you may be bred a merchant’. Finally he was articled to Clifford, ‘one of the greatest and richest bankers living’. He remained on the continent till 1721, when (he wrote to his father on 4 Apr.) his uncle gave him
‘leave to go to make a tour to Cambrai, or Paris, or any other part of France, and so to return home before winter ... I perceive my uncle would gladly have me see what passes there [at Cambrai] if the Congress meets and for that end I believe he will endeavour to place me with some of the King’s ambassadors, perhaps as one of the secretaries, but if there be no Congress then I verily believe he will order me to return before winter.’
He does not seem to have set up as a merchant, but his correpondence 1740-59 shows him engaged in extensive financial transactions, lending nearly £8,000 to George Crowle, and considerable sums to Lord Lincoln, Velters Cornewall, etc. On 1 Dec. 1753 he sent a message to Sir Edward Leighton: ‘I have not such a sum as £9,000 but if he pleases I will do my endeavours to procure it for him’; and on 17 Aug. 1754 wrote to his cousin Samuel Hill advising him to lend £20,000 to ‘a very honest gentleman’, Sir Thomas Mostyn. In October 1753, after consulting Bartholomew Burton, M.P., Hill invested £14,000 in Bank of England stock;2 and there is further correspondence, all carried on from Shrewsbury, about other English stocks and even French ‘actions’.
On 27 Nov. 1740 Hill wrote to Lord Weymouth, who controlled Tamworth in conjunction with Lord Middleton: ‘Lord Middleton is ready to acquiesce hoping your Lordship will be pleased to nominate me for Tamworth’; but nothing came of it. At a by-election in 1749 he was returned unopposed for Shrewsbury with the support of both Lord Powis, and the local Tories. Though classed as a Tory, he became a regular member of the Powis group, receiving Newcastle’s whip as long as Powis adhered to him. He died 11 June 1782.
Ref Volumes: 1715-1754
Author: Eveline Cruickshanks
Notes
1.Salop Arch. Soc. Trans. lv. 152; Richard Hill's will, PCC 141 Farrant. All docs. subsequently cited without references are from the Attingham mss, Salop RO.
2. Bank of England recs.
HILL, Thomas (1693-1782), of Tern, Salop.
Constituency Dates
SHREWSBURY 9 Mar. 1749 - 1768
Family and Education
b. 1693, 1st s. of Thomas Harwood, a Shrewsbury draper, by Margaret, da. of Rowland Hill of Hawkstone, Salop; 1st cos. of Sir Rowland and Samuel Hill. m. (1) 14 Feb. 1723, Anne (d. 21 Dec. 1739), da. of Richard Powys of Hintlesham, Suff., 1s. 2da. (2) 3 May 1740, Susan Maria, da. and coh. of William Noel, 2s. 2da. suc. uncle Rev. Richard Hill to Tern 1727, and cos. Samuel Hill to Shenstone, Salop 1758.
Offices Held
Biography
Thomas Harwood assumed the name of Hill in 1712, when his uncle, Richard Hill, settled on him the estate of Tern.1 About this time he was sent abroad by his uncle, who wrote to him at Hamburg in October regretting his being ‘so perfectly idle ... so long’, and advising him to employ himself ‘in reading, writing and arithmetic’, and in learning German; and in 1714 directed him to proceed from Saxony to Amsterdam, where he tried to place him ‘in any good house where you may be bred a merchant’. Finally he was articled to Clifford, ‘one of the greatest and richest bankers living’. He remained on the continent till 1721, when (he wrote to his father on 4 Apr.) his uncle gave him
‘leave to go to make a tour to Cambrai, or Paris, or any other part of France, and so to return home before winter ... I perceive my uncle would gladly have me see what passes there [at Cambrai] if the Congress meets and for that end I believe he will endeavour to place me with some of the King’s ambassadors, perhaps as one of the secretaries, but if there be no Congress then I verily believe he will order me to return before winter.’
He does not seem to have set up as a merchant, but his correpondence 1740-59 shows him engaged in extensive financial transactions, lending nearly £8,000 to George Crowle, and considerable sums to Lord Lincoln, Velters Cornewall, etc. On 1 Dec. 1753 he sent a message to Sir Edward Leighton: ‘I have not such a sum as £9,000 but if he pleases I will do my endeavours to procure it for him’; and on 17 Aug. 1754 wrote to his cousin Samuel Hill advising him to lend £20,000 to ‘a very honest gentleman’, Sir Thomas Mostyn. In October 1753, after consulting Bartholomew Burton, M.P., Hill invested £14,000 in Bank of England stock;2 and there is further correspondence, all carried on from Shrewsbury, about other English stocks and even French ‘actions’.
On 27 Nov. 1740 Hill wrote to Lord Weymouth, who controlled Tamworth in conjunction with Lord Middleton: ‘Lord Middleton is ready to acquiesce hoping your Lordship will be pleased to nominate me for Tamworth’; but nothing came of it. At a by-election in 1749 he was returned unopposed for Shrewsbury with the support of both Lord Powis, and the local Tories. Though classed as a Tory, he became a regular member of the Powis group, receiving Newcastle’s whip as long as Powis adhered to him. He died 11 June 1782.
Ref Volumes: 1715-1754
Author: Eveline Cruickshanks
Notes
1.Salop Arch. Soc. Trans. lv. 152; Richard Hill's will, PCC 141 Farrant. All docs. subsequently cited without references are from the Attingham mss, Salop RO.
2. Bank of England recs.
Notes for Thomas & Anne (Family)
Their church marriage transcription by FamilySearch:
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Hill
Marriage year 1722
Marriage date 14 Feb 1722
Marriage place Westminster
Spouse's first name(s) Anne
Spouse's last name Powis
County Middlesex
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
The entry on the image of the Register (on FindMyPast) has:
Year: 1722/23
Day: 14 Feb
Names: Habitation
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Thomas Hill Esq Of this parish
Anne Powis Of Chiswick, Middlesex
Permission: Licence [ie not Banns]
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First name(s) Thomas
Last name Hill
Marriage year 1722
Marriage date 14 Feb 1722
Marriage place Westminster
Spouse's first name(s) Anne
Spouse's last name Powis
County Middlesex
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
The entry on the image of the Register (on FindMyPast) has:
Year: 1722/23
Day: 14 Feb
Names: Habitation
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Thomas Hill Esq Of this parish
Anne Powis Of Chiswick, Middlesex
Permission: Licence [ie not Banns]
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