Edwin Hill was a Victorian postal official, the older brother of Sir Rowland Hill, who invented a mechanical system to make envelopes and who campaigned for legal and political change. He had another brother, Matthew Davenport Hill.
Hill was born in Birmingham and educated at a school run by his father Thomas Wright Hill where he also taught when older. Later he worked at the Assay Office in Birmingham and then at a Birmingham brass-rolling mill where he became the manager.
In 1819 Edwin married Anne Bucknall, the younger daughter of a Kidderminster Brewer, and they had ten children, seven of whom survived him.
In 1827 he moved to Tottenham, London, where he managed a branch of the family school business while Rowland taught.
In 1840 Hill became the first British Controller of Stamps and he remained in that position until 1872.
Hill was an inveterate inventor of equipment to help the stamp department. He invented a mechanical system to make envelopes which was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the patent for which was bought by Warren de la Rue to whom the machine was attributed. On his retirement a Treasury minute praised Hill's "...resourcefulness and considerable mechanical ability which had contributed so much to the success of the new postage scheme."
Hill was one of the signatories to the notice calling a meeting on 22 January 1817 to petition for parliamentary reform and he campaigned for changes to the law relating to the handling of stolen property.
Hill died at home in London on 6 November 1876 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hill_(engineer)
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1841 census:
HO107/654 Book/Folio:23/22 Page:22
Bruce Castle Tottenham:
HILL, Edwin M 45 1796 Inspector of Postage Stamps
HILL, Ann F 45 1796
HILL, Habbert M 20 1821
HILL, Julian M 15 1826
HILL, Marria F 12 1829 Middlesex
HILL, Olivia F 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, Franklin M 5 1836 Middlesex
HILL, Birkbeck M 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, John G M 1 1840 Middlesex
In 1851, Edwin is: Inspector Of Postage Stamps & Superinendant of Stamps Inland Revenue.
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READ MORE ABOUT HIM:
"Dictionary of national biography, Volume 9"
edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee pg 844
Hill was born in Birmingham and educated at a school run by his father Thomas Wright Hill where he also taught when older. Later he worked at the Assay Office in Birmingham and then at a Birmingham brass-rolling mill where he became the manager.
In 1819 Edwin married Anne Bucknall, the younger daughter of a Kidderminster Brewer, and they had ten children, seven of whom survived him.
In 1827 he moved to Tottenham, London, where he managed a branch of the family school business while Rowland taught.
In 1840 Hill became the first British Controller of Stamps and he remained in that position until 1872.
Hill was an inveterate inventor of equipment to help the stamp department. He invented a mechanical system to make envelopes which was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the patent for which was bought by Warren de la Rue to whom the machine was attributed. On his retirement a Treasury minute praised Hill's "...resourcefulness and considerable mechanical ability which had contributed so much to the success of the new postage scheme."
Hill was one of the signatories to the notice calling a meeting on 22 January 1817 to petition for parliamentary reform and he campaigned for changes to the law relating to the handling of stolen property.
Hill died at home in London on 6 November 1876 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hill_(engineer)
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1841 census:
HO107/654 Book/Folio:23/22 Page:22
Bruce Castle Tottenham:
HILL, Edwin M 45 1796 Inspector of Postage Stamps
HILL, Ann F 45 1796
HILL, Habbert M 20 1821
HILL, Julian M 15 1826
HILL, Marria F 12 1829 Middlesex
HILL, Olivia F 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, Franklin M 5 1836 Middlesex
HILL, Birkbeck M 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, John G M 1 1840 Middlesex
In 1851, Edwin is: Inspector Of Postage Stamps & Superinendant of Stamps Inland Revenue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
READ MORE ABOUT HIM:
"Dictionary of national biography, Volume 9"
edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee pg 844
Edwin Hill was a Victorian postal official, the older brother of Sir Rowland Hill, who invented a mechanical system to make envelopes and who campaigned for legal and political change. He had another brother, Matthew Davenport Hill.
Hill was born in Birmingham and educated at a school run by his father Thomas Wright Hill where he also taught when older. Later he worked at the Assay Office in Birmingham and then at a Birmingham brass-rolling mill where he became the manager.
In 1819 Edwin married Anne Bucknall, the younger daughter of a Kidderminster Brewer, and they had ten children, seven of whom survived him.
In 1827 he moved to Tottenham, London, where he managed a branch of the family school business while Rowland taught.
In 1840 Hill became the first British Controller of Stamps and he remained in that position until 1872.
Hill was an inveterate inventor of equipment to help the stamp department. He invented a mechanical system to make envelopes which was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the patent for which was bought by Warren de la Rue to whom the machine was attributed. On his retirement a Treasury minute praised Hill's "...resourcefulness and considerable mechanical ability which had contributed so much to the success of the new postage scheme."
Hill was one of the signatories to the notice calling a meeting on 22 January 1817 to petition for parliamentary reform and he campaigned for changes to the law relating to the handling of stolen property.
Hill died at home in London on 6 November 1876 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hill_(engineer)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1841 census:
HO107/654 Book/Folio:23/22 Page:22
Bruce Castle Tottenham:
HILL, Edwin M 45 1796 Inspector of Postage Stamps
HILL, Ann F 45 1796
HILL, Habbert M 20 1821
HILL, Julian M 15 1826
HILL, Marria F 12 1829 Middlesex
HILL, Olivia F 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, Franklin M 5 1836 Middlesex
HILL, Birkbeck M 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, John G M 1 1840 Middlesex
In 1851, Edwin is: Inspector Of Postage Stamps & Superinendant of Stamps Inland Revenue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
READ MORE ABOUT HIM:
"Dictionary of national biography, Volume 9"
edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee pg 844
Hill was born in Birmingham and educated at a school run by his father Thomas Wright Hill where he also taught when older. Later he worked at the Assay Office in Birmingham and then at a Birmingham brass-rolling mill where he became the manager.
In 1819 Edwin married Anne Bucknall, the younger daughter of a Kidderminster Brewer, and they had ten children, seven of whom survived him.
In 1827 he moved to Tottenham, London, where he managed a branch of the family school business while Rowland taught.
In 1840 Hill became the first British Controller of Stamps and he remained in that position until 1872.
Hill was an inveterate inventor of equipment to help the stamp department. He invented a mechanical system to make envelopes which was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the patent for which was bought by Warren de la Rue to whom the machine was attributed. On his retirement a Treasury minute praised Hill's "...resourcefulness and considerable mechanical ability which had contributed so much to the success of the new postage scheme."
Hill was one of the signatories to the notice calling a meeting on 22 January 1817 to petition for parliamentary reform and he campaigned for changes to the law relating to the handling of stolen property.
Hill died at home in London on 6 November 1876 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hill_(engineer)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1841 census:
HO107/654 Book/Folio:23/22 Page:22
Bruce Castle Tottenham:
HILL, Edwin M 45 1796 Inspector of Postage Stamps
HILL, Ann F 45 1796
HILL, Habbert M 20 1821
HILL, Julian M 15 1826
HILL, Marria F 12 1829 Middlesex
HILL, Olivia F 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, Franklin M 5 1836 Middlesex
HILL, Birkbeck M 6 1835 Middlesex
HILL, John G M 1 1840 Middlesex
In 1851, Edwin is: Inspector Of Postage Stamps & Superinendant of Stamps Inland Revenue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
READ MORE ABOUT HIM:
"Dictionary of national biography, Volume 9"
edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee pg 844
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