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:

    ““Home” is any four walls that enclose the right person.”
    —Helen Rowland (1875–1950)

    “For most of the guys killings got to be accepted. Murder was the only way everybody stayed in line. You got out of line, you got whacked. Everybody knew the rules.”
    —Nicholas Pileggi, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)