Matthew Davenport Hill

(1792-1872)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hill, Matthew Davenport, 1792-1872 NRA: Hill Matthew Davenport (1792-1872) Legal Reformer DNB: Hill, Matthew Davenport (1792-1872), penal reformer LBT ID: MaHill1872 VIAF ID: 42063394 LOC ID: n85252375	B/BAP: 1792-08-06 DIED: 1872-06-07
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English barrister, the brother of Sir Rowland Hill; he was MP for Hull (1833-35), recorder of Birmingham (1839) and a reformer of criminal laws.
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Matthew Davenport Hill: “My Maiden Brief” in Knight's Quarterly Review. Found 1. Display Records “On Duelling” in Knight's Quarterly Review. Found 1. Display Records Public Education. Plans for the Government and Liberal Instruction of boys in Large Numbers; as practised at Hazelwood School. Found 1. Display Records “The Staffordshire Collieries” in Knight's Quarterly Review. Found 1. Display Records