A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hill, Henry Worsley
HILL. (Commander, 1841.)
Henry Worsley Hill is eldest son of Vice-Admiral Henry Hill.
This officer entered the Navy 24 March, 1810; obtained his first commission 13 July, 1824; and was afterwards appointed – 20 Dec. 1825, and 31 March, 1826, to the Superb 78, and Melville 74, both commanded by his father – 18 Jan. 1828, to the Tribune 42, Capts. John Wilson and John Alex. Duntze, employed on the South American station, whence he returned to England and was paid off 16 Dec. 1831 – 21 Sept. 1833, as First, to the Andromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and Henry Ducie Chads, in which vessel he sailed for the East Indies – 1 Dec. 1834, to the Melville 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Gore, with whom he came home and was put out of commission in July, 1835 – and 14 April, 1837, to the command of the Saracen 10, on the coast of Africa, where he served until a few months after his promotion to the rank he now holds, which took place 15 March, 1841.
Commander Hill, since 6 March, 1843, has filled the office of Lieut.-Governor of Her Majesty’s Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast. He married, 1 July, 1845, Amelia Jane, eldest daughter of Henry Pytches Boyce, Esq., and the late Lady Amelia Sophia Boyce, daughter of George third Duke of Marlborough. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.