Benoni Hill
Benoni Hill (c. 1787 - 31 October 1841) was a publican and freeman of the City of Gloucester.
Early life and family[edit]
Benoni Hill was born in Gloucestershire[1] around 1787, the son of Elijah Hill, a victualler,[2] and his wife Eleanor. He was christened at St Mary-de-Lode Church, Gloucester, in 1790.[3]
He married Charlotte Spencer in Bristol in 1814.[4]
Career[edit]
Hill was the landlord of the Bull Inn public house in Bull Lane.[5] He was renowned as the "greatest wit" in the City of Gloucester, and was said to consume 28 pints of his home-brewed beer each day.[6]
He was one of the witnesses that exposed the perjury of the Italian valet Teodoro Maiocchi during the trial of Queen Caroline in claiming that he had never visited England before.[7][8]
On 8 July 1813, he was appointed a freeman of the City of Gloucester during the mayorship of Edward Weaver.[2]
Death[edit]
Hill died in Gloucester on 31 October 1841 at the age of 54.[6][9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Benoni Hill England and Wales Census, 1841. Family Search. Retrieved 25 June 2019. (subscription required)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ripley, Peter, & John Jurica (Ed.) (1991) A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of the City of Gloucester 1641-1838. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. p. 208. ISBN 0900197323 Search this book on
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- ↑ Benoni Hill England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Family Search. Retrieved 25 June 2019. (subscription required)
- ↑ Benoni Hill England Marriages, 1538–1973. Family Search. Retrieved 25 June 2019. (subscription required)
- ↑ Gell, R.; ), Thomas Bradshaw (of Belfast (1820). "The Gloucestershire directory, by R. Gell & T. Bradshaw".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Many watering holes are sadly now gone", The Citizen, 2 May 2019, p. 29.
- ↑ "Gloucestershire biographical notes". 1887.
- ↑ "The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898". 1898.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NX1-1T4
External links[edit]
- https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/so-tall-so-handsome-william-henry-hyett-mp-athlete-arboriculturist-philanthropist-teacher-and-poet/
- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=09tmdIA6cDoC&lpg=PA125&dq=Bull%20Inn%20Gloucester&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q=Bull%20Inn%20Gloucester&f=false
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