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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (born 1718)

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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

British politician (1718–1793)

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire,, known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
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President of the Board of Trade

Head of the Board of Trade, a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. A committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, it was first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with diverse functions.…
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