Hill Surname Origins & Heraldry
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The 7th Viscount Hill (Sir Gerald Rowland Clegg-Hill) of Hawkstone
and Hardwicke.
Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th erm., on a fesse, sa., a castle,
triple towered, arg. for HILL; 2nd and 3rd, per pale sa. and az. a
cross-crosslet crossed between 2 acorns in bend, dexter, and as many
fleurs-de-lis in bend sinister arg. for CLEGG.
Crests: 1st, HILL, tower, arg., surmounted with a garland of
laurel, ppr.; 2nd, CLEGG, in front of two branches of oak fructed in
saltire, pprl, a cross-crosslet, crossed or.
Supporters: Dexter, a lion, arg., murally crowned or gorged
with a wreath of oak, fructed ppr.; sinister, a horse, arg., bridled
and saddled, ppr., murally gorged, gu.
Motto: Avancez (Forward!)
Hill College House is named for Robert C. Hill, Class of 1889, a
Wharton graduate and Penn trustee.
The source of this credit: College Houses at Penn
http://www.upenn.edu/resliv/chas/ch_index.html
E-mail [email protected]
IMAGE WILL BE ADDED SOON
BLAZON OF ARMS: Azure, a chevron between three fleurs de lis or, a canton of
the last.
CREST: A lion rampant argent pierced through the breast by a
broken spear in
bend proper, the head guttee de sang.
MOTTO: Ne tenta vel perfice.
Translation: Attempt not or else succeed.
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The Irish surname Hill is toponymic
in origin, belonging to that group of surnames derived from the place
where the original bearer once resided. In this case the surname can
be traced back to the Old English "hyll" meaning a "hill", and the
original bearer would have been simply "one who dwelt on the hill".
The surname is recorded in England as early as the Twelfth Century
when one Gilbert del Hil appears in the Pipe Rolls of
Norfolk in the year 1191, while in the Assize Rolls of Cheshire in
1260 we note one William atte Hil. In the Hundred Rolls
of 1273 we find a reference to one Simon Hille of Worcestershire.
The surname first arrived in Ireland in the year 1573 when Sir
Moyses Hill, a knight, numbered among the forces of the Earl
of Essex sent to Ireland by Elizabeth I in order to suppress the
O'Neills of County Tyrone. Sir Moyses was a
distinguished soldier who became Governor of Olderfleet, first
Mareschal of Carrickfergus, and Provost Mareschal of Ulster, later
representing Antrim in the English parliament. He acquired huge
estates in Ulster, and the family went on to become Hereditary
Constables of the province; they also created the towns of Hillsborough
and Hilltown. Perhaps the most illustrious member of the family was
Wills Hill, the Eighteenth Century politician who added
no fewer than six noble titles to his name, including the Earl of
Hillsborough and Marquess of Downshire. He was the sponsor of Oliver
Goldsmith's "Deserted Village". The surname Hill remains associated
with the northern counties of Ireland, particularly County Down.
Hill: "The name Hill in Ireland is
usually of immigrant origin having been brought to the country by
settlers who arrived in to the Province of Ulster especially during
the seventeenth century. This name is also sometimes used as a
variant of the Irish names Glanney and Glenny."
History and origin of the above two shields are unknown.
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History and origin of the above two shields are unknown.
Shield credit: Copyright, 1999, 2000 Irish Surnames
Http://www.irishsurnames.com
History and origin of the above two shields are unknown.
History and origin of the above two shields are unknown.
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