Rowley Hill

Who is Rowley Hill?

Rowley Hill, DD was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1877 to 1887.

Born in Derry, Ireland on 22 February 1836, he was the son of Sir George Hill, 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Sophia Rea. He was ordained a priest in the Anglican ministry in 1860 and served a number of positions in the south of England before becoming Vicar of Sheffield in 1873.

He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man by Queen Victoria on 9 August 1877 and consecrated on 24 August 1877. At his appointment he was the youngest bishop in Anglican communion. He married twice, firstly in 1863 to Mary Chapman and secondly in 1884 to Alice Probyn.

After nearly ten years of service to the Manx diocese, he died in London on 27 May 1887, aged 51.