Talk:Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

The "Early Career" section needs much more work. In a line and a half, he goes from enlistment in 1790 to becoming a major general in 1805. That's very rapid promotion! So how did he manage it? What was his family background? Was his father a peer? What experience led to such rapid advancement? -- Michael K Smith Talk 08:41, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Expanded to explain why Hill was promoted so quickly. Dormskirk (talk) 21:44, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I would answer Michael K. Smith's query by reminding that in Hill's lifetime officer commissions in the army were commonly purchased, sometimes by fathers on behalf of sons. Hill's family were landed gentry (he was first in the family to become a peer). I note there is no mention of purchase or promotion on merit in the wiki account.Cloptonson (talk) 11:33, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Note on honours
The award of his Knight Commander of the Order of Maria Theresa, though announced in the London Gazette in a later month, was conferred on 21st August 1815, as mentioned in his entry in "The Complete Peerage", and followed the battle of Waterloo. I am expanding on his foreign orders from that source.Cloptonson (talk) 14:08, 29 April 2012 (UTC) The London Gazette appears unreadable on my laptop. Would its details on the award of the Order be compatible with what I have just mentioned? I have not deleted the earlier reference in the article to allow for someone to investigate.Cloptonson (talk) 14:20, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * the edit you have made looks fine to me. Best wishes, Dormskirk (talk) 15:07, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I will take out the earlier reference and copy the London Gazette citation about the award into the section "Waterloo and later career".Cloptonson (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

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