Edward Stock Hill

For other people named Edward Hill, see Edward Hill (disambiguation).
Hill in 1895.

Colonel Sir Edward Stock Hill KCB VD MP JP (13 January 1834 – 18 December 1902) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol South from 1886 to 1900.[1]

Hill was born in Bedminster, Bristol in 1834. He was educated at Bishop's College, Bristol, and abroad.[2]

He unsuccessfully contested the newly created Bristol South constituency at the 1885 general election, and won the seat in 1886. He was re-elected in 1892 and 1895, and retired from politics at the 1900 general election.[3]

He was a colonel in the 1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteer Corps. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1881 Birthday Honours,[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on 10 May 1892.[5]

He died in London in 1902.[6]

Family

In 1866, he married Fanny Ellen Tickell. They had four sons and three daughters.[7] Sir Edward's son was the Oxford University and Somerset cricketer Vernon Hill and his grandson Mervyn Hill represented Somerset, Glamorgan, Cambridge University and MCC.

References

  1. ↑ Mair, Robert Henry. Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. Dean & son. p. 75. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Williams, William Retlaw (1898). The Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester: Including the Cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the Boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 1213-1898. Jakeman and Carver. p. 144. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 86. IBN 0-900178-27-2.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24976. p. 2674. 24 May 1881.
  5. ↑ "Issue 26286". London Gazette. 10 May 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  6. ↑ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository ... Oliver & Boyd. 1903. p. 317. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 441. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Joseph Dodge Weston		 Member of Parliament for Bristol South
1886 – 1900 		Succeeded by
Walter Hume Long


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