JH/PER/63 - [J.E. Hill]
Reference code
JH/PER/63
Level of description
File
Title
[J.E. Hill]
Date/s
1930
1936-1937
1936-1937
Quantity & Format
10 items Press cuttings
Personal name
Hill, John Edgar, 1886-1937
Subject
Conservative Party (United Kingdom)
London Brick Company
London Brick Company
Scope and content
Press-cuttings detail the military career, working and political life of John Edgar Hill. Obituaries and pictures of Hill are also included.
Hill served in Egypt and the East in the First World War. He was a director of the London Brick Company, the company founded by his father. In 1930 he was adopted by the Isle of Ely as the Conservative and Unionist Association’s prospective candidate. A 1936 article describes proceedings in Malden and Coombe, Surrey, when it emerged as the youngest borough in the country. J.E. Hill, the Charter Mayor, received the Charter. A photograph is included.
J.E. Hill died on 9/03/1937. He left a widow Dorothy Alice Hill (nee Kemmis-Betty), two daughters and a son.
Hill served in Egypt and the East in the First World War. He was a director of the London Brick Company, the company founded by his father. In 1930 he was adopted by the Isle of Ely as the Conservative and Unionist Association’s prospective candidate. A 1936 article describes proceedings in Malden and Coombe, Surrey, when it emerged as the youngest borough in the country. J.E. Hill, the Charter Mayor, received the Charter. A photograph is included.
J.E. Hill died on 9/03/1937. He left a widow Dorothy Alice Hill (nee Kemmis-Betty), two daughters and a son.
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