NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hill, Matthew Davenport, 1792-1872 NRA: Hill Matthew Davenport (1792-1872) Legal Reformer DNB: Hill, Matthew Davenport (1792-1872), penal reformer LBT ID: MaHill1872 VIAF ID: 42063394 LOC ID: n85252375 | B/BAP: 1792-08-06 DIED: 1872-06-07 |
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English barrister, the brother of Sir Rowland Hill; he was MP for Hull (1833-35),
recorder of Birmingham (1839) and a reformer of criminal laws. | |