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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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We
shall
have
frequent
occasion
as
we
advance,
to
mention
Mr.
Hill's
name
in
connexion
with
Post-Office
history
during
the
past
twenty
years;
but
we
may
here
notice
the
remaining
particulars
of
Mr.
Hill's
personal
history.
On
the
restoration
of
the
Whigs
to
power
in
1846,
Mr.
Hill
was
brought
back
into
office,
or
rather
first
placed
in
office
at
St.
Martin's-le-Grand,
as
secretary
to
the
Postmaster-General,
the
present
Marquis
of
Clanricarde.
In
1854,
on
Colonel
Maberly's
removal
to
the
Audit
Office,
Mr.
Hill
attained
the
deserved
honour
of
Secretary
to
the
Post-Office
under
the
late
Lord
Canning--the
highest
fixed
appointment
in
the
department,
and
second
only
in
responsibility
to
that
of
Postmaster-General.
In
1860
Mr.
Hill
was
further
honoured
with
the
approval
of
his
sovereign,
and
few
will
question
it,
when
we
say
it
was
a
worthy
exercise
of
the
royal
prerogative,
when
he
was
called
to
receive
the
dignity
of
Knight
Commander
of
the
Bath.
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