Personal Life
Hill married Inez Waugh (née Bartlett) on 17 January 1944. The 23 year old was the ex-wife of Ian Anthony Waugh and daughter of an army officer, Gordon Bartlett. Together they had a daughter, Fanny, who drowned while holidaying in Spain in 1986. Their marriage broke down after ten years.
His second wife was Bridget Irene Mason (née Sutton), the ex-wife of Stephen Mason, and a fellow communist and historian. They married on 2 January 1956. Their first daughter Kate died in a car accident in 1957.They had two other children; Andrew (born 1958) and Dinah (born 1960).
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