Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick

Hill was the youngest and only surviving son of Thomas Hill, and his wife Susanna Maria Noel. He was born at his father's London home, 3 Cleveland Court, St James's.[1]

Venn describes his schooling as private and he is known to have been tutored by future preacher John William Fletcher.[2] He entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1763, and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1766. He also studied law, being admitted to the Inner Temple in 1765, without qualifying as barrister.[3]

Hill sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury between 1768 and 1774 and for Shropshire between 1774 and 1784.[4] On 19 May 1784 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Berwick, of Attingham in the County of Shropshire.[5]

He also served as Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1778–79 and of Oswestry in 1779–80.

On 17 November 1768, Berwick was married to Anna Vernon at St George's Hanover Square Church in London. Anna was the second daughter of Henry Vernon and the former Lady Henrietta Wentworth (the third daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford). They had three sons and three daughters, including:[6]

• Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick (1770–1832), who married Sophia Dubochet, daughter of Swiss clock-maker John James Dubochet, in 1812.[6]
• William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773–1842), an MP who died unmarried.[6]
• Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick (1774–1848), who married Frances Maria Owen, second daughter of William Mostyn Owen, MP for Montgomeryshire.[6]
• Hon. Henrietta Maria Hill (d. 1831), who married Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury in 1793.[6]
• Hon. Anna Matilda Hill (d. 1837)[6]
• Hon. Amelia Louisa Hill (d. 1850)[6]

Lord Berwick died on 6 January 1789, aged 43, at Portman Square, Marylebone, London, He was buried on 20 January 1789 at Atcham, Shropshire, England.[5] All of his sons succeeded each other in his peerage.[6]