Hill, Richard, 1656?-1727
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Hill, Richard, 1656?-1727
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Hill, Richard, 1656?-1727
Hill, Richard
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Hill, Richard
Hill, Richard, 1655-1727
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Hill, Richard, 1655-1727
Hill, Richard, surveyor
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Hill, Richard, surveyor
Hill, Richard, Commissioner for Prizes
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Hill, Richard, Commissioner for Prizes
Hill, Richard, of Bransford in Leigh, county Worcestershire
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Hill, Richard, of Bransford in Leigh, county Worcestershire
Hill, Richard, of Egerton Ch 8079
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Epithet: surveyor
Richard Hill (1655-1727), diplomat, was envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria at Brussels, 1696; Ambassador at The Hague and Lord of the Admiralty, 1699; and Envoy to Savoy, 1703-1706, where he gained the adhesion of the Duke to the Grand Alliance against France. He was apppointed Ambassador to The Hague and Brussels in 1710, but declined because of ill-health.
Epithet: Commissioner for Prizes
Epithet: of Bransford in Leigh, county Worcestershire
Epithet: of Egerton Ch 8079
Hill was a statesman and diplomatist who received his B.A. from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1675. He was appointed deputy-paymaster to the army in Flanders, and then in 1696, became envoy extraordinary to the elector of Bavaria at Brussels. In 1699, he became ambassador to the Hague and a lord of the treasury. In 1702, he became one of the council to Prince George of Denmark, and in 1703, he was appointed envoy extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy.
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Canterbury, Roman Catholic Province of, England
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County Durham, England
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Bremen, Germany
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Ireland, Europe
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Cumberland, England
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Great Britain
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Ellastone, Staffordshire
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Switzerland, Europe
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Great Britain
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West Heslerton, East Riding of Yorkshire
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