Rowland Hill KCB FRS (1795 - 1879)

Born 3 Dec 1795 in Kidderminster, England

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Pearson) Hill — married 27 Sep 1827 (to 1879) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 27 Aug 1879 at age 83 in Hampstead, England

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Biography

Rowland Hill KCB FRS is Notable.

Rowland was born in 1795. He was the son of Thomas Hill.^[1]

Sir Rowland Hill was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his solution of prepayment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters. Hill later served as a government postal official, and he is usually credited with originating the basic concepts of the modern postal service, including the invention of the postage stamp.

Rowland married Caroline Pearson in 1827.^[2] He passed away in 1879.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBP-WWL : 11 December 2014), Rowland Hill, 03 Dec 1795, Birth; citing p. 49, The Borough Of Kidderminster, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, record group RG5, Public Record Office, London.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V6-H25 : 10 February 2018), Rowland Hill and Caroline Pearson, 27 Sep 1827; citing Saint Peter Or Collegiate,Wolverhampton,Stafford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0873647 IT 3, 0873647 IT 4, 421622, 421623, 497360, 497361, 497362, 497363, 497364, 497365.
3. ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D1-BX2Z : 18 March 2018), Rowland Hill, 27 Aug 1879; citing Obituary, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, page 0003, Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 101,918,318.

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