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Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon

1798 – 1862

English Conservative Party politician

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Lived 1798 – 1862 (aged 63–64). Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon was a British politician.

Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon (9 November 1798 – 11 August 1862), of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, was an English Conservative Party politician for New Romney and the City of Durham.

Early life Hill-Trevor was born in Berkeley Square, London, on 9 November 1798 and was the only surviving son of Arthur Hill-Trevor, second viscount (1763–1837), by Charlotte, third daughter of Charles FitzRoy, first Baron Southampton. His younger brother, Charles Henry, died on 18 September 1823 after falling during the Stapleton Park races. He was an opponent of the reform bills of 1831–2, which would become the Reform Act 1832, and wrote a pamphlet in opposition titled Letter to the Duke of Rutland.

In September 1855, he was elected an Irish representative peer and was actively involved in the House of Lords. He led the opposition to the Divorce Bill 1857 and Lord Wodehouse's Marriage Law Amendment (Deceased Wife's Sister) Bill 1859.

Personal life On 10 September 1821, he married Sophia, daughter of Colonel Gorges Marcus Irvine of Castle Irvine, County Fermanagh. Hill-Trevor died at his home in London, on 11 August 1862. As he had no male children, the peerage became extinct after his death. Edwin Hill-Trevor inherited his estate.

Hill-Trevor, along with publishing several pamphlets, wrote The Life and Times of William III.

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Important facts

Born
1798, Berkeley Square
Birth century
Died
1862, London
Occupation
Education
Harrow School, Christ Church
Positions held
Member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Also known as
Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount of Dungannon

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English Conservative Party politician (1798–1862)

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· Wikipedia: Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon

· Wikidata: Q16066023

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