Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire was born on May 30, 1718. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era. Best known in North America as the Earl of Hillsborough, he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.