Hill, Sir Rowland, (1795-1879), Knight, Knight Inventor of Penny Postage

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Surname:	Hill
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Rowland
Gender:	Male
Date:	1795-1879
Title:	Knight
History:	Inventor of penny postage. Author of Post Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability, 1837. Appointed to position in Post Office 1839. Penny postage introduced 1840. Dismissed from Post Office 1842. Railway executive. Sec to Post Office 1854-1864.
Biography:	ODNB link for Hill, Sir Rowland (1795-1879) Knight Inventor of Penny Postage
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275334 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P153184 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Rowland Hill

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1841-1897: Journals of Edwin and Ormond Hill	The National Archives, Kew	IR 42
2	1813-77: diaries (11 vols) and corresp	Haringey Archive Service	MSS 450 093/22324, 20004, 20619, 22325, 22321	See JS Batts, British MS diaries of the 19th century, 1976; Accessions to Repositories 1982
3	1836-79: journals, minutes, papers	The Postal Museum	POST 100	See Guide to Post Office Archives, 1986
4	1844-45: letters and papers rel to Rowland Hill Testimonial Fund	Bristol Archives	30639	NRA 17269
5	1849-52: corresp with Lord Canning	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	Canning papers	NRA 7618 Canning
6	1842-78: corresp with Edwin Chadwick	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	CHADWICK	NRA 21653 Chadwick
7	1838-68: corresp with Richard Cobden	West Sussex Record Office	Cobden papers	NRA 10616 Cobden
8	1854-67: corresp with WE Gladstone with memoranda	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 44380-753 passim
9	1834-76: letters (24) to A Hill and MD Hill	Oxford University: Pembroke College Archives	63/12/2/80-103	NRA 29439 Oxford Univ Pembroke
10	1832-58: letters (15) to Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
11	1829-44: letters to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	SDUK	NRA 22241 SDUK
12	1843-59: corresp (copies) with Treasury rel to his dismissal and plans for postal reform	Royal Berkshire Archives	D/EPb/C112	NRA 5476 Pleydell-Bouverie
13	letters received	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 31978