3-053-418 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Statue of the Marquis of Downshire, by S. F. Lynn, A.R.H.A., 1873. 'A bronze statue of the late Marquis of Downshire has been erected on his estate at Hillsborough, in the county of Down, Ireland. The sculptor is Mr. S. F. Lynn, of Belfast, an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts...The late Marquis, who died just five years ago, was esteemed a good Irish landlord. He was fourth Marquis, the Most Honourable Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, K.P., born Aug. 6, 1812, who succeeded his father, the third Marquis, in April, 1845; bearing also the titles of Earl and Viscount Hillsborough, Viscount Kilwarlin, and Baron Hill, of Kilwarlin, in the Peerage of Ireland; Earl of Hillsborough, Viscount Fairford, and Baron Harwich, in the Peerage of Great Britain; and hereditary constable of Hillsborough Fort. He was married to a daughter of the first Viscount Combermere, and had three children...The founder of this noble family was Sir Moyses Hill, Knight, who went to Ireland in 1573 with the Earl of Essex, to serve Queen Elizabeth in putting down the O'Neil rebellion'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.