Thomas Rowley Hill

{{Short description|English politician (1816–1896)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

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'''Thomas Rowley Hill''' (1 March 1816 – 9 October 1896) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

Hill was born in Stourport, the son of William Hill FRAS. He was educated at University College London. He held a number of public offices, being Sheriff of Worcester in 1858, Mayor of Worcester in 1859 and a J.P. and deputy lieutenant for Worcestershire.<ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/114/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]</ref>

In 1868, Hill stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Worcester. He became High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1870.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23584|page=722|date=7 February 1870}}</ref> At the 1874 general election, Hill was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He lost the seat in 1885<ref>{{Rayment-hc|w|5|date=March 2012}}</ref> and failed to regain it when he stood in the 1886 general election. He was a member of the Worcester and Suckley school boards in 1879.<ref name=Williams>[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/w-r-william-retlaw-williams/the-parliamentary-history-of-the-county-of-worcester--including-the-city-of-wor-hci/page-12-the-parliamentary-history-of-the-county-of-worcester--including-the-city-of-wor-hci.shtml W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester'']</ref>

Hill was a very charitable man, and founded and endowed almshouses for four aged women in Berwick Street, Worcester.<ref name=Williams/> He died at the age of 80.

Hill first married Esther Evans, daughter of Richard Evans of Worcester in 1838. Esther died in 1839. In 1842, he married Mary Hilditch Evans, daughter of Edward Evans of Worcester.<ref name=Williams/>

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