Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire aka the Earl of Hillsborough

British politician

1718 CE to 1793 CE

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.

Best known in the United States as the Earl of Hillsborough, he serves as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.

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