Excerpt from The Life of Lord Hill, G. C. B : Late Commander of the Forces
The papers of the late Lord Hill having been confided to my discretion with a view of presenting the public with the narrative of his Life, I have endeavoured to produce a faithful delineation of his rare and estimable character. I have reason to believe that my being selected as his biographer is, in a great measure, due to the friendly approbation expressed by his Lordship himself, and his nearest relatives, of the manner in which I had discharged a similar duty with regard to his two uncles, the Reverend Rowland Hill and Sir Richard Hill. Thus encouraged, I ventured on the task proposed to me, and with the more readiness, because the history of the military achievements of Lord Hill has been already written in the Despatches of the Duke of Wellington and the official accounts of the battles in which he was engaged. My endeavour in the present volume has been to compile, from the materials preserved by himself and supplied by his friends, an authentic detail of his own life, and to make himself the principal narrator of his own interesting career. Enough of his correspondence and memoranda has been preserved for this purpose, the chief attraction of which will be found in that simplicity of style whereby his own accounts of the transactions in which he was engaged are rendered intelligible to every class of readers.
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