British Army General, 1st Viscount Hill. He served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the famed Duke of Wellington. He joined the Army in 1790 and remained in it until his death. During the Peninsular War, he fought at the Battle of Roliça and at the Battle of Vimeiro in 1808 and participated in Sir John Moore's 1808 to 1809 campaign in Spain, commanding a brigade at the Battle of Corunna. He led the 2nd Infantry Division at the Battle of Talavera and later at the Battle of Bussaco. In May 1812, after the capture of Badajoz, he led a second raid that destroyed a key bridge in the Battle of Almaraz. While Wellington won the Battle of Salamanca, Hill protected Badajoz with an independent 18,000-man corps. In December 1811 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Following the British capture of Madrid, he was responsible for an army of 30,000 men. He commanded the Right Column during the campaign and decisive British victory at the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813. Still in corps command, he fought in the Battle of the Pyrenees. He led the Right Corps at the Battle of Nivelle on 10 November 1813 and a month later, during the Battle of the Nive, he performed what may have been his finest work in his defense of St-Pierre d'Irube. With his 14,000 men and 10 guns isolated on the east bank of the Nive by a broken bridge, he held off the attacks of French Marshal Nicolas Soult's 30,000 soldiers and 22 guns. On June 18, 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded the II Corps and led the charge of Sir Frederick Adam's brigade against the Imperial Guard towards the end of the battle. After Napoleon Bonaparte's surrender, he remained with the Army in France until its withdrawal. Among his honors and awards include the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal), and the Knight Commander of the Military William Order (Netherlands). From 1828 to 1842, he succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. He was also appointed Governor of Plymouth in June 1830 and became Viscount Hill of Almaraz in September 1842. He died at the age of 70.