Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick


Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.

Early life

Hill was the youngest and only surviving son of Thomas Hill, and his wife Susanna Maria Noel. He was born at his father's London home, 3 Cleveland Court, St James's.
Venn describes his schooling as private and he is known to have been tutored by future preacher John William Fletcher. He entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1763, and a Master of Arts in 1766. He also studied law, being admitted to the Inner Temple in 1765, without qualifying as barrister.

Career

Hill sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury between 1768 and 1774 and for Shropshire between 1774 and 1784. On 19 May 1784 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Berwick, of Attingham in the County of Shropshire.
He also served as Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1778–79 and of Oswestry in 1779–80.

Personal life

On 17 November 1768, Berwick was married to Anna Vernon at St George's Hanover Square Church in London. Anna was the second daughter of Henry Vernon and the former Lady Henrietta Wentworth. They had three sons and three daughters, including:
Lord Berwick died on 6 January 1789, aged 43, at Portman Square, Marylebone, London, He was buried on 20 January 1789 at Atcham, Shropshire, England. All of his sons succeeded each other in his peerage.

Descendants

Through his daughter Henrietta, he was a grandfather of Lady Maria Carolina Ann Brudenell-Bruce, Lady Augusta Frederica Brudenell-Bruce, George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury, Lady Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce, and Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury.

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