Matthew Davenport Hill
1792–1872
Barrister devoted to the cause of reforming criminal law. Published work describing his brother Rowland Hill’s system of education in 1822. A founder of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826. M.P. for Hull, 1832–5. Recorder of Birmingham, 1839. Commissioner of bankrupts (Bristol district), 1851–69.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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