Alexander Staveley Hill
Politician
1825 – 1905
Who was Alexander Staveley Hill?
Alexander Staveley Hill DL was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament from 1868 to 1900, representing Coventry, Staffordshire West and Kingswinford.
Hill was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Henry Hill, a banker, and his wife Anne Staveley. Having become a barrister and QC, Hill represented Coventry from 1868 to 1874, West Staffordshire from 1874 to 1885 and Kingswinford from 1885 to 1900.
He lived at Kensington and at Oxley Manor, Bushbury, Staffordshire, where he was a JP and Deputy Lieutenant of the county. In 1880 he and his wife funded a school and chapel at Bushbury.
During the years 1881-1884 Hill went on annual visits to western Canada and published an account of his travels, From Home to Home: Autumn Wanderings in the Northwest in the Years 1881-1884. The town of Stavely, Alberta was named after him.
He married Katherine Ponsonby and they had a son, Henry Staveley-Hill, who followed his father into the law and politics. After Katherine died Hill married again, to Mary Frances Baird, daughter of Francis Baird of St Petersburg.
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- Born
- May 21, 1825
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- Staffordshire
- Died
- Jun 25, 1905
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on July 23, 2013
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