Rowland Hill

Rowland Hill may refer to:

  • Rowland Hill (MP) (c.1495–1561), English Member of Parliament for the City of London
  • Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Baronet Hill of Hawkstone (1705–1783), built Hawkstone Park follies
  • Subsequent descendants named Rowland Hill and Rowland Clegg-Hill, see Viscount Hill
  • Rowland Hill (preacher) (1744–1833), nonconformist leader and vaccination advocate
  • Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772–1842), British military commander in the Napoleonic Wars
  • Rowland Hill (postal reformer) (1795–1879), pioneer of the Penny Post
  • Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill (1800-1875), British peer and MP for Shropshire
  • Rowland Hill (artist) (1915–1979), Northern Irish painter

Famous quotes containing the words rowland and/or hill:

    “Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.”
    —Helen Rowland (1875–1950)

    “Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of the Law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.”
    —Francis Bacon (1561–1626)