About Stephen John Hill
Lived 1809 – 1891 (aged 82). Stephen John Hill was a Canadian politician and colonial administrator.
Sir Stephen John Hill, , (10 June 1809 – 20 October 1891) was a governor of, in turn, four British colonial possessions.
Born in the West Indies, Hill began his colonial service in Africa, becoming governor of the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) in 1851. In 1854 he became governor of Sierra Leone. From 1860 through 1861 he was made governor of Sierra Leone for a second time. Then in 1863 he was appointed governor of the Leeward Islands and Antigua. In 1869 Hill became governor of Newfoundland, continuing in that position until 1876. He provided valuable guidance to the colony during the period following their rejection of participation in Canadian Confederation. Hill took up residency in Anguilla in November 1885 and left in February 1888.
Hill died in 1891 in London, England.
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Newfoundland colonial governor (1809-1891)
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Stephen John Hill was born on 10 June 1809.
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Stephen John Hill died on 20 October 1891.
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Stephen John Hill was a politician and colonial administrator.
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Stephen John Hill was Canadian.
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