Viscount Dungannon (2nd Creation)

This is a branch of the noble house of Downshire.

ARTHUR HILL was grandson of William Hill Esq, by Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Marcus Trevor, created Viscount Dungannon in 1662.

Having succeeded to the estates of his maternal great-grandfather, Sir John Trevor, of Brynakilt, Speaker of the House of Commons in England, and first lord commissioner of the Great Seal, Mr Hill assumed the name and arms of TREVOR.

This Arthur Hill-Trevor was raised to the peerage, in 1765, as VISCOUNT DUNGANNON, the former creation having become extinct.

Lord Dungannon was buried at Knockbreda parish church, near his seat, Belvoir Park.

His lordship had no issue by his first wife; but by his second, Anne Stafford, whom he wedded in 1737, he had an only son, 

ARTHUR, who married, though died in the lifetime of his father, leaving three daughters and a son, 

ARTHUR (1763-1837), 2nd Viscount, and Baron Hill, of Olderfleet, County Antrim; born in 1763; married, in 1795, Charlotte, eldest surviving daughter of Charles, Lord Southampton, by whom he had issue, 

ARTHUR (1798-1862), 3rd Viscount, on whose decease the titles became extinct.

The Dungannon estates, including Brynkinallt, passed to the latter's kinsman Lord Edwin Hill, 3rd son of 3rd Marquess of Downshire, who assumed the additional surname of Trevor and was created Baron Trevor, of Brynkinallt, Denbighshire, in 1890.

Of particular interest is the fact that Lord and Lady Dungannon had one son and two daughters, one of whom, the Hon Anne Hill-Trevor, married Garrett, 1st Earl of Mornington, by whom she had issue Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley; and Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington.

Of course this makes Lord Dungannon the grandfather of "The Great Duke" of Wellington; and it can be supposed that the Great Duke would have been familiar with the Belvoir demesne and spent time there during his childhood.

Below is the 1st Viscount's memorial:-


First published in February, 2010. Dungannon arms courtesy of European Heraldry.