Staffordshire

Born in Birmingham. He was an English lawyer and penologist. His brothers were Sir Rowland Hill and Frederick Hill.

Not in Leclaire

Works

1817. “Dialogue between a Dudley Man and a Stourbridge Man”.The Morning Herald. Rpt. in Davenport Hill,  Rosamond and Davenport Hill, Florence. 1878. The Recorder of Birmingham. A Memoir  of Matthew Davenport Hill. With Selections from his Correspondence. London: MacMillan: 69 n.1.

“Conversations between a Staffordshire Canal Boatman and his wife”. 1823. Knight’s Quarterly Magazine: 298-99.

Not in Kingkong Project

For further information about his life and works, see

Davenport Hill,  Rosamond and Davenport Hill, Florence. 1878. The Recorder of Birmingham. A Memoir  of Matthew Davenport Hill. With Selections from his Correspondence. London: MacMillan. Especially pp 66 and 69-70.

“Mathew Davenport Hill”. The New York Times March 6th 1879.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0F1FF9395A127B93C4A91788D85F4D8784F9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Davenport_Hill

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